|
Books > History > American history
|
Buy Now
Slavery, Freedom and Conflict - A Story of Two Birminghams (Paperback)
Loot Price: R981
Discovery Miles 9 810
|
|
|
Slavery, Freedom and Conflict - A Story of Two Birminghams (Paperback)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
A Story of Two Birminghams examines the roles played by two cities
and the areas in which they are situated in the long history of
people of African origin and their ancestors who were taken into
slavery, experienced a phoney freedom and subsequently experienced
racism, segregation and violence. From the eighteenth century the
industrial city of Birmingham in England was involved in the
manufacture of guns used in the African slave trade and then later,
in the production and export of the steam engines used on the sugar
plantations in the West Indies. In northern Alabama, on land where
another industrial city of the same name would later develop,
African slaves worked on cotton plantations owned by planters who
would later make their fortunes by selling the mineral rich land.
Abolitionists in Birmingham UK, and in the Southern States fought
against much opposition to achieve freedom for the slaves. But this
was often a phoney freedom: for example, under an apprenticeship
system in Jamaica people endured conditions often worse than under
slavery, and in Alabama they endured hard labour in the development
of the new industrial city and under the Convict Lease system.
Slavery, Freedom and Conflict follows the life path of descendants
of slaves into the twentieth century, the difficulties experienced
by West Indian immigrants in Birmingham UK, the segregation laws
imposed in Birmingham, Alabama and the US Civil Rights movement
which followed. Later in the century, riots occurring in Handsworth
(Birmingham UK), the election of a far-right, racist politician in
nearby Smethwick and the infamous speech of Enoch Powell indicated
that, as in Birmingham, Alabama many black people were still
suffering from the iniquities of the slave trade inflicted upon
their ancestors more than two hundred years previously. This book
is essential reading for all those with an interest in the history
of slavery, and in the local history of the West Midlands of
England and the Northern counties of Alabama.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
