Caribbean Slave Revolts and the British Abolitionist Movement

In this illuminating study, Gelien Matthews demonstrates how slave rebellions in the British West Indies influenced the tactics of abolitionists in England and how the rhetoric and actions of the abolitionists emboldened slaves. Moving between the world of the British Parliament and the realm of Car...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Matthews, Gelien
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baton Rouge : LSU Press, 2006.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Slavery.
Slave insurrections.
Antislavery movements.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Revoltes d'esclaves > Caraïbes (Region) > Histoire.
Antislavery movements > Great Britain > History.
Slave insurrections > Caribbean Area > History.
Slavery > Caribbean Area > History.
Great Britain.
Caribbean Area.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Agitating the Question; 3. The Other Side of Slave Revolts; 4. Loaded with Deadly Evidence; 5. Apocalyptic Warning; 6. Conclusion; Bibliography.

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