Women against slavery : the British campaigns, 1780-1870
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Women against slavery : the British campaigns, 1780-1870
Routledge, 1992
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Bibliography: p. 259-265
Includes index
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Description
Using hitherto neglected sources, Clare Midgley builds up a vivid picture of the lives, words and actions of women anti-slavery campaigners in Britain. Midgley examines the extent of women's involvement, looks at the type of women who became activists, considers the contribution that they made to the organization, activities, policy and ideology of the movement and analyses the impact of female activism on women's role in society; particularly in terms of their social roles, politics and public life. She also explores the close links between British and American women which were central to the transatlantic abolitionist network. Exploring the vital role played by gender in shaping the movement as a whole, this account makes an important contribution to the debate on gender and "race".
Table of Contents
- Part I: Women Against the Slave Trade, 1783-1815
- Participants from the First. Part II: Women Against British Colonial Slavery, 1828-1838
- "Cement of the whole Antislavery building"
- Anti-slavery in the Fabric of Women's Lives
- Perspectives, Principles and Policies. Part III: Women and "Universal Abolition", 1834-1868
- The Transatlantic Sisterhood
- The "Woman Question"
- A Lingering Concern
- Anti-Slavery and Women - Interpreting the New Picture.
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