Slave Emancipation and Racial Attitudes in Nineteenth-Century South Africa (Hardcover)

This book examines the social transformation wrought by the abolition of slavery in 1834 in South Africa's Cape Colony. It pays particular attention to the effects of socioeconomic and cultural changes in the way both freed slaves and dominant whites adjusted to the new world. It compares South Africa's relatively peaceful transition from a slave to a non-slave society to the bloody experience of the US South after abolition, analyzing rape hysteria in both places as well as the significance of changing concepts of honor in the Cape. Finally, the book examines the early development of South Africa's particular brand of racism, arguing that abolition, not slavery itself, was a causative factor; although racist attitudes were largely absent while slavery persisted, they grew incrementally but steadily after abolition, driven primarily by whites' need for secure, exploitable labor.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	R. L. Watson
Dimensions:	234 x 159 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	334
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-02200-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation Books > History > African history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	1-107-02200-2
Barcode:	9781107022003

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