From slavery to freedom : comparative studies in the rise and fall of Atlantic slavery
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From slavery to freedom : comparative studies in the rise and fall of Atlantic slavery
Macmillan, 1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index
"For details of original publication of different chapters, please see the Acknowledgements on p. xxv"--T.p. verso
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The entries in this volume focus upon the rise and fall of the Atlantic slave system in comparative perspective. The subjects range from the rise of the slave trade in early modern Europe to a comparison of slave trade and the Holocaust of the 20th century, dealing with both the history and historiography of slavery and abolition. They include essays on British, French, Dutch and Brazilian abolition, as well as essays on the historiography of slavery and abolition since the publication of Eric Williams's "Capitalism and Slavery" more than 50 years ago.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Stanley L. Engerman - PART ONE - Introduction - Capitalism and Abolition: Values and Forces in Britain, 1783-1814 - Two Variants of Anti Slavery: Religious Organization and Social Mobilization in Britain and France, 1780-1870 - Public Opinion and the Destruction of British Colonial Slavery - The Decline Thesis of British Slavery since Econocide - PART TWO - Introduction - Brazilian Abolition in Comparative Perspective - British Way, French Way: Opinion Building and Revolution in the Second French Slave Emancipation - The Long Goodbye: Dutch Capitalism and Antislavery in Comparative Perspective - Servile Insurrection and John Brown's Body in Europe - PART THREE - Introduction - The Ending of the Slave Trade and the Evolution of European Scientific Racism - The Atlantic Slave Trade and the Holocaust: A Comparative Analysis - The Role of Jews in the Transatlantic Slave Trade - Eric Williams: British Capitalism and British Slavery - Capitalism and Slavery after Fifty Years - Free Labor vs. Slave Labor: The British and Caribbean Cases
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