Capitalism and Antislavery: British Mobilization in Comparative Perspective

by Drescher and Seymour Drescher

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The age of British abolitionism came into consolidated strength in 1787-88 with the first mass campaign against the slave trade and ended just half a century later in 1838 with a mass petition movement against Negro Apprenticeship. Drescher focuses on this critical fifty-year period, when the people of the Empire effectively pressured and eventually altered national policy. Presenting a major reassessment of the roots, nature, and significance of...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195205340

ISBN13:9780195205343

Release Date:January 1987

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:315 Pages

Weight:1.06 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Related Subjects

Discrimination & Racism Education & Reference England Europe Historical Study & Educational Resources History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Race Relations Social History Social Science Social Sciences

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