Abolition and Its Aftermath
The Historical Context 1790-1916
1st Edition
Published on 31. December 1987
Book
Hardback
292 pages
978-0-7146-3261-2 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1987. With the exception of Barbara Bush's contribution, all the papers and commentaries contained in this volume were presented at a conference at Thwaite Hall, University of Hull, 26-29 July 1983. The conference was organised to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the British Empire, and was attended by over eighty scholars from Britain, Western Europe, the USA and the Caribbean.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
546 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7146-3261-2 (9780714632612)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
01/2016
1st Edition
Routledge
€72.00
Shipment within 10-20 days
E-Book
10/2013
1st Edition
Routledge
€65.99
Available for download
E-Book
10/2013
1st Edition
Routledge
€65.99
Available for download
Person
David Richardson, University of Hull
Content
Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 The Historical Context of British Abolition, Seymour Drescher; Part 2 Slaves as Agents of Their Own Emancipation; Chapter 2 Towards Emancipation, Barbara Bush; Chapter 3 The Maroons of Surinam, Silvia W. De Groot; Chapter 4 Emancipation by Law or War?, H. McD. Beckles; Chapter 5 Comments on the Papers by de Groot and Beckles, Mary Turner; Part 3 Connections Between the British and Continental Abolitionist Movements; Chapter 6 Haiti and the Abolitionists, David Geggus; Chapter 7 The Abolition of the Slave Trade by France, Serge Daget; Chapter 8 Emancipation in British Guyana and its Influence on Dutch Policy Regarding Surinam, J.P. Siwpersad; Part 4 Caribbean Adjustments to Slave Emancipation; Chapter 9 Was British Emancipation a Success?, W. A. Green; Chapter 10 Apprenticeship and Labour Relations in Four Windward Islands, W.K. Marshall; Chapter 11 Economic Change and Contract Labour in the British Caribbean, S. L. Engerman; Chapter 12 The Great Escape, P.C. Emmer; Chapter 13 Comments on the Papers by Green, Marshall, Engerman and Emmer, K.O. Laurence;