The Atlantic slave trade and British abolition, 1760-1810
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The Atlantic slave trade and British abolition, 1760-1810
（Modern revivals in history）
Gregg Revivals, 1992
Available at 14 libraries
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Bibliography: p. [426]-443
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this major study of the European and American export slave trade from Africa in the latter half of the nineteenth century, Roger Anstey provides a detailed analysis of the trade up to the abolition of the practice by Britain in 1806-1807. Drawing on a considerable array of original material, the author focuses on three central themes. Namely: the contribution of the slave trade made to capital formation in the Industrial Revolution; the geographical, demographic, political and economic impact on Africa itself; and the emergence of the abolition movement. A substantial section of the book is devoted to this latter theme and in particular to the movement's origins, composition and relations with government during the period 1787-1807. The author concludes that no single factor ultimately brought about the abolition of the slave trade, but rather a combination of religious "enthusiasm", national interest and political circumstances.
Table of Contents
- Part 1: the Atlantic slave trade, 1761-1810
- the profitability of the slave trade, 1761-1810
- the impact of the Atlantic slave trade on Africa. Part 2: Eighteenth century thought and anti-slavery
- theology and reform
- anti-slavery values in literature. Part 3: the evangelical world-view
- evangelical theology and abolition
- origins of Quaker action against the slave trade. Part 4: the transition to political agitation
- the campaign for abolition, 1787-1796
- the opposition to abolition to 1796
- the progress of abolition, 1976-1804
- wind of change - May 1804-February 1806
- abolition - 1806
- the kill.
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