Abolition and Its Aftermath

The Historical Context 1790-1916
Herausgeber: Richardson, David

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1987. With the exception of Barbara Bush's contribution, all the papers and commentaries contained in this volume were presented at a conference at Thwaite Hall, University of Hull, 26-29 July 1983. The conference was organised to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the British Empire, and was attended by over eighty scholars from Britain, Western Europe, the USA and the Caribbean.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9781138988163
• ISBN-10: 1138988162
• Artikelnr.: 44730761

Autorenporträt

David Richardson, University of Hull

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 The Historical Context of British Abolition, Seymour Drescher
Part 2 Slaves as Agents of Their Own Emancipation
Chapter 2 Towards Emancipation, Barbara Bush
Chapter 3 The Maroons of Surinam, Silvia W. De Groot
Chapter 4 Emancipation by Law or War?, H. McD. Beckles
Chapter 5 Comments on the Papers by de Groot and Beckles, Mary Turner
Part 3 Connections Between the British and Continental Abolitionist Movements
Chapter 6 Haiti and the Abolitionists, David Geggus
Chapter 7 The Abolition of the Slave Trade by France, Serge Daget
Chapter 8 Emancipation in British Guyana and its Influence on Dutch Policy Regarding Surinam, J.P. Siwpersad
Part 4 Caribbean Adjustments to Slave Emancipation
Chapter 9 Was British Emancipation a Success?, W. A. Green
Chapter 10 Apprenticeship and Labour Relations in Four Windward Islands, W.K. Marshall
Chapter 11 Economic Change and Contract Labour in the British Caribbean, S. L. Engerman
Chapter 12 The Great Escape, P.C. Emmer
Chapter 13 Comments on the Papers by Green, Marshall, Engerman and Emmer, K.O. Laurence