˜Theœ 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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1. Verfasser: Blackburn, Robin (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: London u.a. Verso 2011
Ausgabe:1. publ.
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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
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