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Daniel O''connell and the Anti-Slavery Movement - ''The Saddest People the Sun Sees''

English · Paperback / Softback

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Previous histories on O'Connell have dealt predominantly with his attempts to secure a repeal of the 1800 Act of Union and on his success in achieving Catholic Emancipation in 1829, Kinealy focuses instead on the neglected issue of O'Connell's contribution to the anti-slavery movement in the United States.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Black, White and Green.; Chapter 1a ‘The Colour of Servitude’; Chapter 2 ‘Agitate! Agitate! Agitate!’; Chapter 3 ‘Slavery under Another Name’; Chapter 4 ‘Murderers of Liberty’; Chapter 5 ‘Foreign Interference in Domestic Affairs’; Chapter 6 ‘American Sympathy and Irish Blackguardism’; Chapter 7 ‘The Man of All Men’; Chapter 8 ‘The Negro's Friend’;

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Christine Kinealy

Summary

Previous histories on O’Connell have dealt predominantly with his attempts to secure a repeal of the 1800 Act of Union and on his success in achieving Catholic Emancipation in 1829, Kinealy focuses instead on the neglected issue of O’Connell’s contribution to the anti-slavery movement in the United States.

Product details

Authors Christine Kinealy
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd.
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 21.01.2016
 
EAN 9781138663282
ISBN 978-1-138-66328-2
No. of pages 240
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History

History, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Slavery and abolition of slavery

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