The American crucible slavery, emancipation and human rights
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
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Sprache: | eng |
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London u.a.
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2011
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Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
Schlagworte: |
Geschichte 1500-1900
> Slavery / America / History
> Slaves / Emancipation / America
> Slavery / Economic aspects / America
> Antislavery movements / America / History
> Human rights / America / History
> Geschichte
> Kolonie
> Menschenrecht
> Sklaverei
> Wirtschaft
> Abolitionismus
> Europe / Colonies / America
> Amerika
> Europa
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Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Zones of slave-based development and of slave resistance, c. 1770 -- 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 |
Beschreibung: | 498 S. 4 Kt. 24 cm |
ISBN: | 9781844675692 978-1-84467-569-2 1844675696 1-84467-569-6 |