A Civilised Savagery: Britain and the New Slaveries in Africa, 1884-1926

by Kevin Grant

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In the two decades before World War One, Great Britain witnessed the largest revival of anti-slavery protest since the legendary age of emancipation in the mid-nineteenth century. Rather than campaigning against the trans-Atlantic slave trade, these latter-day abolitionists focused on the so-called 'new slaveries' of European imperialism in Africa, condemning coercive systems of labor taxation and indentured servitude, as well as evidence of atrocities...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415949017

ISBN13:9780415949019

Release Date:January 2005

Publisher:Routledge

Length:236 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Related Subjects

Discrimination & Racism History Politics & Government Race Relations Slavery & Emancipation Social Science Social Sciences

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