For thousands of years, slavery went unchallenged in principle. Then in a single century, slavery was abolished and more than seven million slaves were freed. Greatest Emancipation tells this amazing story, focusing on Haiti, the British Caribbean, the United States, Cuba and Brazil, which accounted for the vast majority of slaves in the west. Jim Powell offers some surprising insights and shows that while the abolition of slavery was essential to any free society, it wasn't the sole determing factor, since some societies that abolished slavery later embraced dictatorships. Jim Powell reveals the process and tremendous influence that slavery's eradication had on individual societies in the west.
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Praise for Jim Powell: "Powell's analysis is thoroughly documented, relying on an impressive variety of popular and academic literature both contemporary and historical." - Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate
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Basingstoke
Großbritannien
Maße
Höhe: 242 mm
Breite: 162 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
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978-0-230-60592-3 (9780230605923)
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JIM POWELL has been a senior fellow at the Cato Institute since 1988. He is the author of popular history books such as FDR's Folly and Wilson's War and has written more than four hundred articles for the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, Money, Reason, and numerous other national publications. He lives in Westport, CT, USA.
Introduction How Could Slavery Possibly be Abolished? Ideas that Inspired the Abolitionists Haiti, the First Successful Slave Revolt British Abolitionists who Launched the First Organized Campaign Against Slavery British Diplomats and Naval Commanders, who Struggled to Stop the Slave Trade for 60 Years The United States and the Military Strategy for Abolishing Slavery Revolt, War and the Collapse of Cuban Slavery Brazil, Resourceful Abolitionists and the Golden Law The Courageous Campaign Against King Leopold's Secret Slavery in the Congo How did it all work out? Conclusion Timeline of Antislavery in the Western World Bibliography Acknowledgments
