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West Indian Slavery and British Abolition, 1783-1807 (Paperback)
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West Indian Slavery and British Abolition, 1783-1807 (Paperback)
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This book challenges conventional wisdom regarding the political
and economic motivations behind the final decision to abolish the
British slave trade in 1807. Recent historians believe that this
first blow against slavery was the result of social changes inside
Britain and pay little attention to the important developments that
took place inside the West Indian slave economy. David Beck Ryden's
research illustrates that a faltering sugar economy after 1799
tipped the scales in favor of the abolitionist argument and helped
secure the passage of abolition. Ryden examines the economic
arguments against slavery and the slave trade that were employed in
the writings of Britain's most important abolitionists. Using a
wide range of economic and business data, this study deconstructs
the assertions made by both abolitionists and antiabolitionists
regarding slave management, the imperial economy, and abolition.
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