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Moral Commerce - Quakers and the Transatlantic Boycott of the Slave Labor Economy (Hardcover)
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Moral Commerce - Quakers and the Transatlantic Boycott of the Slave Labor Economy (Hardcover)
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How can the simple choice of a men's suit be a moral statement and
a political act? When the suit is made of free-labor wool rather
than slave-grown cotton. In Moral Commerce, Julie L. Holcomb traces
the genealogy of the boycott of slave labor from its
seventeenth-century Quaker origins through its late
nineteenth-century decline. In their failures and in their
successes, in their resilience and their persistence, antislavery
consumers help us understand the possibilities and the limitations
of moral commerce. Quaker antislavery rhetoric began with protests
against the slave trade before expanding to include boycotts of the
use and products of slave labor. For more than one hundred years,
British and American abolitionists highlighted consumers'
complicity in sustaining slavery. The boycott of slave labor was
the first consumer movement to transcend the boundaries of nation,
gender, and race in an effort by reformers to change the conditions
of production. The movement attracted a broad cross-section of
abolitionists: conservative and radical, Quaker and non-Quaker,
male and female, white and black. The men and women who boycotted
slave labor created diverse, biracial networks that worked to
reorganize the transatlantic economy on an ethical basis. Even when
they acted locally, supporters embraced a global vision, mobilizing
the boycott as a powerful force that could transform the
marketplace. For supporters of the boycott, the abolition of
slavery was a step toward a broader goal of a just and humane
economy. The boycott failed to overcome the power structures that
kept slave labor in place; nonetheless, the movement's historic
successes and failures have important implications for modern
consumers.
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