ISBN:
9781529110982
Language:
English
Pages:
xvii, 382 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
DDC:
306.3/62/0941
Keywords:
Slavery History 19th century
;
Slavery Colonies 19th century
;
History
;
Slavery Economic aspects
;
History
;
Politics and government
;
Slavery
;
Slavery ; British colonies
;
Slavery ; Economic aspects
;
History
;
Great Britain Politics and government 1800-1837
;
Great Britain History 1800-1837
;
Great Britain
;
Großbritannien
;
Sklaverei
;
Abschaffung
;
Abolitionismus
;
Kolonialismus
;
Geschichte 1823-
Abstract:
In 1807, Parliament outlawed the slave trade in the British Empire, but for the next quarter of a century, despite heroic and bloody rebellions, more than 700,000 people in the British colonies remained in slavery. And when a renewed abolitionist campaign was mounted, making slave ownership the defining political and moral issue of the day, emancipation was fiercely resisted by the powerful 'West India Interest'. Drawing on major new research, this long-overdue and ground-breaking history shows that the triumph of abolition was also one of the darkest episodes in British history, revealing the lengths to which British leaders went to defend the indefensible in the name of profit
Note:
"First published in Vintage in 2021 - First published in hardback by The Bodley Head in 2020"
