Paula E. Dumas

Proslavery Britain (eBook, PDF)

Fighting for Slavery in an Era of Abolition

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book tells the untold story of the fight to defend slavery in the British Empire. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from art, poetry, and literature, to propaganda, scientific studies, and parliamentary papers, Proslavery Britain explores the many ways in which slavery's defenders helped shape the processes of abolition and emancipation. It finds that proslavery arguments and rhetoric were carefully crafted to justify slavery, defend the colonies, and attack the abolition movement at the height of the slavery debates.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Seitenzahl: 223
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137558589
• Artikelnr.: 44899354

Autorenporträt

Paula E. Dumas received her Ph.D. in history from the University of Edinburgh, UK. The University selected her work on proslavery arguments for the Jeremiah Dalziel Prize in British History.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Proslavery Position
2. Proslavery in Print
3. Proslavery Arts and Culture
4. Proslavery Politics and the Slave Trade
5. Proslavery Politics after Abolition

Rezensionen

"The book consists of three parts. The introduction and opening chapter present proslavery positions from economic, strategic, historicist, legalistic, paternalistic, moral, and religious points of view. ... there is much here to interest scholars of slavery, abolition, and emancipation, as well as anyone interested in the history of political lobbying, and the book offers a very useful starting point for future studies of British proslavery." (Brycchan Carey, American Historical Review, Vol. 122 (2), April 2017)