Popular Politics and British Anti-Slavery : The Mobilisation of Public Opinion against the Slave Trade 1787-1807

ISBN-13: 9780714644622 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 208 str.

J. R. Oldfield

Opis

In 1792, 400,000 people put their signature to petitions calling for the abolition of the slave trade. This work explains how this remarkable expression of support for black people was organized and orchestrated, and how it contributed to the growth of popular politics in Britain.

Spis treści

TLS - reviewed by Howard Temperley

"The campaign for the abolition of the slave trade has often been described but never better than by J R Oldfield in this account..."



"necessary reading for students of Britain"s abolition of the slave trade"

International Journal of African Historical Studies



Albion - Judith Jennings, Kentucky Foundation for Women- " Oldfield"s book has much to commend it, and I highly recommend it to readers interested in the nation-wide scope and cultural context of abolition.

O autorze

Oldfield, J.R.