Distant freedom : "St Helena and the abolition of the slave trade, 1840-1872" /

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This book is a study of the remote South Atlantic island of St Helena and its role in the abolition of the slave trade.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pearson, Andrew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Liverpool University Press, ©2016.
Series:Liverpool Studies in International Slavery LUP.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Slavery > Great Britain > Colonies > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Saint Helena > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > Saint Helena > 19th century.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Sainte-Hélène > 19e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Slavery > Colonies
Antislavery movements
Slavery
Slavery > British colonies
Sklaverei
Abschaffung
Great Britain
Saint Helena
Sankt Helena
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. A Place of Immense Advantage ; 2. London and Jamestown ; 3. Sailortown; 4. Life and Death in the Depots; 5. 'All, all, without avail': Medicine and the Liberated Africans; 6. After 'Liberation' ; 7. Island Lives; Conclusion; Appendix One; Appendix Two; Appendix Three; Appendix Four; Bibliography; Index.

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