Abolitionism and imperialism in Britain, Africa, and the Atlantic / edited by Derek R. Peterson
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| Subjects: | Slave trade--Great Britain--History Slave trade--Great Britain--Colonies--America--History Slave trade--Africa--History Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History Imperialism--Social aspects--Great Britain Great Britain--Colonies--History |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2010 |
| Series: | Cambridge Centre of African Studies series Cambridge Centre of African Studies series |
| LC Classification: | H, HT |
| Table of Contents: | Introduction. Abolitionism and political thought in Britain and East Africa / Derek R. Peterson 1 1. African political ethics and the slave trade / John Thornton 38 2. 1807 and all that : why Britain outlawed her slave trade / Boyd Hilton 63 3. Empire without America : British plans for Africa in the era of the American Revolution / Christopher Leslie Brown 84 4. Ending the slave trade : a Caribbean and Atlantic context / Philip D. Morgan 101 5. Emperors of the world : British abolitionism and imperialism / Seymour Drescher 129 6. Abolition and imperialism : international law and the British suppression of the Atlantic slave trade / Robin Law 150 7. Racial violence, universal history, and echoes of abolition in twentieth-century Zanzibar / Jonathon Glassman 175 Bibliography 207 Contributors 229 Index 231 |
| Additional Authors: | Peterson, Derek R., 1971- |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2009033389 ISBN: 9780821419014 (alk. paper) ISBN: 0821419013 (alk. paper) ISBN: 9780821419021 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN: 0821419021 (pbk. : alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-227) and index Contents: Introduction : Abolitionism and political argument in Britain and East Africa / Derek R. Peterson -- African political ethics and the slave trade / John Thornton -- 1807 and all that why Britain outlawed her slave trade / Boyd Hilton -- Empire without America : British plans for Africa in the era of the American Revolution / Christopher L. Brown -- Ending the slave trade : a Caribbean and Atlantic context / Philip D. Morgan -- Emperors of the world : British abolitionism and imperialism / Seymour Drescher -- Abolition and imperialism : international law and the British suppression of the Atlantic slave trade / Robin Law -- Racial violence, universal history, and echoes of abolition in twentieth-century Zanzibar / Jonathon Glassman |
| Physical Description: | ix, 235 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 433549496 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9780821419014 0821419013 9780821419021 0821419021 |