Debating the slave trade : rhetoric of British national identity, 1759-1815 /

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Srividhya Swaminathan examines contemporary books, pamphlets, and literary works to trace the changes in rhetorical strategies utilized by both sides of the abolitionist debate. Suggesting that the debate to abolish the slave trade helped to construct a British national identity and character, she r...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Swaminathan, Srividhya
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.
Series:Ashgate series in nineteenth-century transatlantic studies.
Subjects:
1700-1899
Geschichte 1759-1815.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Slavery in literature.
Antislavery movements > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Antislavery movements > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
English language > 18th century > Rhetoric.
English language > 19th century > Rhetoric.
Antislavery movements in literature.
Slave trade in literature.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Esclavage dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Anglais (Langue) > 18e siècle > Rhétorique.
Anglais (Langue) > 19e siècle > Rhétorique.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes dans la littérature.
Esclaves > Commerce, dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Antislavery movements.
English language > Rhetoric.
English literature.
Great Britain.
Englisch.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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