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In 1792, 400,000 people put their signature to petitions calling
for the abolition of the slave trade. Popular Politics and British
Anti-Slavery explains how this remarkable expression of support for
black people was organized and orchestrated, and how it contributed
to the growth of popular politics in Britain. In particular, this
study focuses on the growing assertiveness of the middle classes in
the public sphere and their increasingly powerful role in
influencing parliamentary politics from outside the confines of
Westminster. The author also argues that abolitionists need to be
understood not as 'Saints' but as practical men who knew all aobut
the market and consumer choice. This pioneering book examines the
opinion-building activities of the Society for the Abolition of the
Slave Trade, the linkage between abolition, consumption and visual
culture - cameos, trade tokens, prints, etc. - and the dynamics of
abolition at the grass-roots level. A separate chapter on Thomas
Clarkson reconsiders his role in the mobilisation of public opinion
against the slave trade. Popular Politics and British Anti-Slavery
offers valuable new insights into the movement outside Parliament,
its origins and the reasons for its vast popular appeal. Its
cross-disciplinary approach will make it welcome to a broad
spectrum of specialists and students.
How should we as Britons remember transatlantic slavery? How has
slavery been remembered in the past? 'Chords of freedom' sets out
to answer these questions and, in doing so, traces the way in which
British transatlantic slavery has been absorbed into the nation's
collective memory. By combining two current historiographical
preoccupations - the construction of public memory and British
transatlantic slavery - this fascinating book focuses on the way in
which the British traditionally have been taught to view
transatlantic slavery through the moral triumph of abolition. The
author traces the construction of this national history through a
number of case studies, including visual images, literary memorials
(the competing accounts of the anti-slavery movement produced by
Thomas Clarkson and Robert and Samuel Wilberforce),
monument-memorials, galleries and museums, and commemorative
rituals from the nineteenth century to the present day. A separate
chapter also considers how Britain's example in abolishing first
the slave trade (1807) and then colonial slavery (1833-34) impacted
on the rituals of the American anti-slavery movement, and served as
a convenient symbol of the potential of freedom in the British West
Indies. 'Chords of freedom' offers valuable new insights into the
way in which a 'culture of abolition' took root in Britain, and how
our views of transatlantic slavery and figures like William
Wilberforce have been revised and amended to reflect the changing
demands of a series of 'present days'. Its cross-disciplinary
approach will appeal to a broad spectrum of specialists, as well as
to undergraduates and postgraduates. -- .
In 1792, 400,000 people put their signature to petitions calling
for the abolition of the slaves trade. This work explains how this
remarkable expression of support for black people was organized and
orchestrated, and how it contributed to the growth of popular
politics in Britain.
Contains primary texts relating to the British slave trade in the
17th and 18th century. The first volume contains two 18th-century
texts covering the slave trade in Africa. Volume two focuses on the
work of the Royal African company, and volumes three and four focus
on the abolitionists' struggle.
Contains primary texts relating to the British slave trade in the
17th and 18th century. The first volume contains two 18th-century
texts covering the slave trade in Africa. Volume two focuses on the
work of the Royal African company, and volumes three and four focus
on the abolitionists' struggle.
Contains primary texts relating to the British slave trade in the
17th and 18th century. The first volume contains two 18th-century
texts covering the slave trade in Africa. Volume two focuses on the
work of the Royal African company, and volumes three and four focus
on the abolitionists' struggle.
Contains primary texts relating to the British slave trade in the
17th and 18th century. The first volume contains two 18th-century
texts covering the slave trade in Africa. Volume two focuses on the
work of the Royal African company, and volumes three and four focus
on the abolitionists' struggle.
Contains primary texts relating to the British slave trade in the
17th and 18th century. The first volume contains two 18th-century
texts covering the slave trade in Africa. Volume two focuses on the
work of the Royal African company, and volumes three and four focus
on the abolitionists' struggle.
Transatlantic Abolitionism in the Age of Revolution offers a fresh
exploration of anti-slavery debates in the late eighteenth and
early nineteenth centuries. It challenges traditional perceptions
of early anti-slavery activity as an entirely parochial British,
European or American affair, and instead reframes the abolition
movement as a broad international network of activists across a
range of metropolitan centres and remote outposts.
Interdisciplinary in approach, this book explores the dynamics of
transatlantic abolitionism, along with its structure, mechanisms
and business methods, and in doing so, highlights the delicate
balance that existed between national and international interests
in an age of massive political upheaval throughout the Atlantic
world. By setting slave trade debates within a wider international
context, Professor Oldfield reveals how popular abolitionism
emerged as a political force in the 1780s, and how it adapted
itself to the tumultuous events of the late eighteenth and early
nineteenth centuries.
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