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The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 1838-1956 : a history
Author
Title
The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 1838-1956 : a history / James Heartfield.
ISBN
9780190491673
0190491671
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Copyright Notice Date
©2016.
Physical Description
xii, 486 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Summary
This first comprehensive history of the Anti-Slavery Society draws on 120 years of anti-slavery publications, like the "Anti-Slavery Reporter," to explain its unique status as the first international human rights organization; and explains the Society's surprising attitudes to the Confederate secession, the "coolies," and the colonization of Africa.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 21, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-478) and index.
Contents
Preface
List of illustrations. Introduction. Part 1 The Americas : Abolition in Britain
The struggle against apprenticeship and the origins of the BFASS
Schisms
Slave trade diplomacy
The West Indies
The United States
Cuba and Brazil. Part 2 Africa and the Middle East : Africa before the "scramble"
The Anti-Slavery Society turns to East Africa
Zanzibar
Egypt and the Sudan
The scramble for Africa. Part 3 The colonial labour question : Indentured labour
The Anti-Slavery Society into the twentieth century
The Congo
South Africa
Land and labour in the colonies
Anti-slavery in the era of World Wars. Conclusion. Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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