| Description |
498 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : slavery and the West -- Empires and plantations. The Spanish conquest: destruction, enslavement and the Baroque -- Mercantile empire and the slave plantation: Brazil leads, the Dutch, English and French refine the formula -- Plantation hierarchy, social order and the Atlantic system -- The subversive boom. Slavery and industrialization -- Black aspirations and the 'Picaresque Proletariat' -- The planters back colonial revolt -- From the critique of slavery to the abolitionist movement -- The Haitian pivot. Haitians claim the rights of man -- Results and prospects I: slave-trade abolition -- Results and prospects II: Latin America -- The age of abolition. Abolitionism advances, but slavery is resurgent -- Anti-slavery: its scope, character and appeal -- The keys to emancipation -- The spiral path: ambiguous victories, contested legacies. |
| Summary |
A history of the rise and abolition of slavery in the Americas covers such topics as the plantation revolution of the seventeenth century, the emergence of anti-slavery thought, and the contributions of such figures as Thomas Paine and Frederick Douglass. |
| Subject |
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- America.
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Slavery -- Economic aspects -- America.
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Human rights -- America -- History.
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Slavery -- America -- History.
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Antislavery movements -- America -- History.
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Europe -- Colonies -- America.
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| ISBN |
9781844675692 |
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1844675696 |
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