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Zusatztext Freedom's Debtors is timely, original, and lucid. Its analysis of the political, economic, and cultural forces that shaped the development of Sierra Leone challenges celebratory narratives about the abolition of the slave trade and offers a new account of life in this British colony. Padraic Scanlan's attention to the agency of West Africans and to 'British antislavery in practice' makes this work an important contribution to our understanding of the nature and locus of Atlantic history. Informationen zum Autor Dr Padraic X. Scanlan earned a BA (Hons) in History from McGill University in 2008, and a PhD in History from Princeton University in 2013. He is Assistant Professor in the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources and the Centre for Diaspora & Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto and a Research Associate at the Joint Centre for History and Economics at the University of Cambridge. He has also held appointments at the London School of Economics and Harvard University. Klappentext Padraic Scanlan's previous book, Freedom's Debtors: British Antislavery in Sierra Leone in the Age of Revolution was awarded the 2018 James A. Rawley Prize by the American Historical Association and the 2018 Wallace K. Ferguson Prize by the Canadian Historical Association. PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR 'Freedom's Debtors interweaves a remarkably broad array of historical themes common to studies of abolition and post-emancipation societies . . . in smooth, clear prose and with a keen eye for rich anecdotes and illustrations' Sean M. Kelley, Slavery & Abolition '[A] much-needed account of how British abolitionist principles were developed and applied in West Africa . . . provides a strong foundation for exploring the connections between the 'abolitionist' laws and policies imposed on Sierra Leone's 'Liberated Africans' and those that were applied to other imperial subjects during this dynamic time of ideological revolution and global expansion' Trina Leah Hogg, Journal of African History '[A]n excellent book on Sierra Leone . . . one of the most important books ever written on Liberated Africans . . . essential reading . . . powerfully re-centres our understanding of abolitionism and forces us to re-examine its immediate and long-term effects in Africa' Matthew S. Hopper, Journal of British Studies '[B]reaks conceptual ground and charts a new historiographical direction . . . This compelling book makes a huge contribution to our understanding of the processes which led to abolition' Canadian Historical Association '[T]imely, original, and lucid . . . an important contribution to our understanding of the nature and locus of Atlantic history' American Historical AssociationThe idea that the British empire was built on freedom is a myth. Britain rose to global power in the eighteenth century on the backs of enslaved workers. And although Britain was the first European empire to abolish slavery, even British abolitionism was shaped by the slave empire. Zusammenfassung 'Engrossing and powerful . . . rich and thought-provoking' Fara Dabhoiwala, Guardian 'Path-breaking . . . a major rewriting of history' Mihir Bose, Irish Times ' Slave Empire is lucid, elegant and forensic. It deals with appalling horrors in cool and convincing prose.' The Economist 'A sweeping and devastating history of how slavery made modern Britain, and destroyed so much else . . . a shattering rebuke to the amnesia and myopia which still structure British history' Nicholas Guyatt, author of Bind Us Apart: How Enlightened Americans Invented Racial Segregation 'Scanlan shows that the liberal empire of the nineteenth century was the outcome of the long encounter of antislavery and economic expansion founded on enslaved or unfree labour. Antislaver...
