The Problem of Emancipation : The Caribbean Roots of the American Civil War /

"A most persuasive work that repositions the American debates over emancipation where they clearly belong, in a broader Anglo-Atlantic context."-Reviews in HistoryWhile many historians look to internal conflict alone to explain the onset of the American Civil War, in The Problem of Emancip...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rugemer, Edward Bartlett, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
War > Causes.
Slaves > Emancipation.
Slavery > Political aspects.
International relations.
Antislavery movements.
Esclaves > Affranchissement > Antilles.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Antilles > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Slaves > Emancipation > United States.
Slaves > Emancipation > West Indies.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > West Indies > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Political aspects > West Indies > History > 19th century.
West Indies.
United States.
Antilles > Relations > États-Unis.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
United States > Relations > West Indies.
West Indies > Relations > United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1. The Lessons of Abolitionism; 1. Th e Nineteenth- Century Anglo- Atlantic World; 2. Abolitionists and Insurrections; 3. Conflicting Impressions; 4. The Rebellions of 1831; Part II. The Lessons of Abolition; 5. The Conversion of William Ellery Channing; 6. The Fears of Robert Monroe Harrison; 7. Rethinking Liberty; 8. British Abolition and the Coming of the Civil War; Epilogue: The Morant Bay Rebellion and Radical Reconstruction; Bibliography; Index

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