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A history of the abolition of the British slave trade in Sierra Leone and how the British used its success to justify colonialism in Africa.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Slavery, Property, and Emancipation in Revolutionary America -- 2. The Federal Convention and the Curse of Heaven -- 3. Slavery, Antislavery, and the Struggle for Ratification -- 4. To the Missouri Crisis -- 5. Antislavery, the Constitution, and the Coming of the Civil War -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.

"Between 1808 and 1867, the British navy's Atlantic squadrons seized nearly two thousand slave ships, 're-capturing' almost two hundred thousand enslaved people and resettling them as liberated Africans across sites from Sierra Leone and Cape Colony to the West Indies, Brazil, Cuba, and beyond. In this wide-ranging study, Maeve Ryan explores the set of imperial experiments that took shape as British authorities sought to order and instrumentalise the liberated Africans, and examines the dual discourses of compassion and control that evolved around a people expected to repay the debt of their salvation. Ryan traces the ideas that shaped 'disposal' policies towards liberated Africans, and the forms of resistance and accommodation that characterized their responses. This book demonstrates the impact of interventionist experiments on the lives of the liberated people, on the evolution of a British antislavery 'world system,' and on the emergence of modern understandings of refuge, asylum, and humanitarian governance."--

A political history of the abolition of slavery in Brazil, this book looks closely at both Afro-Brazilian political mobilization and parliamentary politics to shed light on the origins of the Abolitionist movement and its impact on race relations in Brazil.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Prelude to a War -- Quaker Rally -- Pacifist, Not Passionless -- 2. "The Mystic Spell of America" -- Freedmen and Slaves -- Broken Silence -- Heaven Sent -- Plot and Reap -- 3. Cape May by the Sea: Sun, Sand and Espionage -- Yeomen and Slaves -- Latitude: Resort -- What's Cooking -- Longitude: Expedient -- 4. "The Cause of America" -- Corroding Efforts -- 5. "The Sun Never Shined on a Cause of Greater Worth" -- Saltshakers -- Rock Salt Support -- 6. "God Won't Let Massa Lincoln Beat the South Till He Do the Right Thing" -- Salt Peter -- Hot Danger -- Marl-Rich -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Works Cited -- About the Author.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Guns, Sugar and Cotton -- 2 Abolition -- 3 The Aftermath Jamaica -- 4 The Aftermath Alabama -- 5 The Twentieth Century 1900-1960 -- 6 The Twentieth Century 1960-2000 -- 7 Into the Twenty-First Century -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

"First principles in religion, morals, government, and the economy of life". ; Publication suspended, Aug.25, 1864-June 29, 1865. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Cover title : American abolitionism, from 1787 to 1861. A compendium of historical facts, embracing legislation in Congress and agitation without . ; Mode of access: Internet.

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Transatlantic Abolitionism in the Age of Revolution offers a fresh exploration of anti-slavery debates in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It challenges traditional perceptions of early anti-slavery activity as an entirely parochial British, European or American affair, and instead reframes the abolition movement as a broad international network of activists across a range of metropolitan centres and remote outposts. Interdisciplinary in approach, this book explores the dynamics of transatlantic abolitionism, along with its structure, mechanisms and business methods, and in doing so, highlights the delicate balance that existed between national and international interests in an age of massive political upheaval throughout the Atlantic world. By setting slave trade debates within a wider international context, Professor Oldfield reveals how popular abolitionism emerged as a political force in the 1780s, and how it adapted itself to the tumultuous events of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries

Frederick Douglass and George Fitzhugh disagreed on virtually every major issue of the day. On slavery, women's rights, and the preservation of the Union their opinions were diametrically opposed. Where Douglass thundered against the evils of slavery, Fitzhugh counted its many alleged blessings in ways that would make modern readers cringe. What then could the leading abolitionist of the day and the most prominent southern proslavery intellectual possibly have in common? According to David F. Ericson, the answer is as surprising as it is simple; liberalism. In The Debate Over Slavery David F. Ericson makes the controversial argument that despite their many ostensible differences, most Northern abolitionists and Southern defenders of slavery shared many common commitments: to liberal principles; to the nation; to the nation's special mission in history; and to secular progress. He analyzes, side-by-side, pro and antislavery thinkers such as Lydia Marie Child, Frederick Douglass, Wendell Phillips, Thomas R. Dew, and James Fitzhugh to demonstrate the links between their very different ideas and to show how, operating from liberal principles, they came to such radically different conclusions. His raises disturbing questions about liberalism that historians, philosophers, and political scientists cannot afford to ignore.

This history analyzes women's antislavery petitions, the speeches calling women to petition and public reaction from 1831 to 1865. It argues that petitioning not only made significant steps to abolish slavery but also contributed toward transforming women's political identity

During the Age of Revolution, abolitionist ideas interacted with notions of liberty, independence, and equality. Although slavery often served as a metaphor, in opposition to freedom, it also had tangible meanings for the enslaved. This study traces the development of revolutionary beliefs that connected reformers and abolitionists across the Atlantic world, as well as the rise of conservative ideologies that divided them. Democratic politics, religious enthusiasm, and abolitionism converged in the late eighteenth century, with significant implications for antislavery efforts. The French Revolution, in particular, represented the culmination of radical Enlightenment ideals and emboldened democrats in the United States, contributing to transatlantic cooperation on the issue of abolition. Social conservatives, in response to Jacobin terror in France and fears of spreading religious infidelity, expressed concerns over political extremism, which included abolitionism. Anti-Jacobinism divided the nascent antislavery movement, pushing some towards moderation and others to abandon the cause altogether in the interest of maintaining a fragile Jeffersonian coalition. Understanding the political and cultural responses to the transatlantic radicalism of the period is therefore crucial to comprehending the trajectory of the American abolitionist movement.