The Price of Emancipation

Slave-Ownership, Compensation and British Society at the End of Slavery

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

Av Nicholas (University College London) Draper, Nicholas Draper

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Challenging conventional narratives of abolitionist Britain, this book, provides a comprehensive analysis of the extent and importance of absentee slave-ownership and its impact on British society by drawing on the records of the Commissioners of Slave Compensation, who were responsible for distributing compensation to slave-owners when slavery was abolished.

Produktinformation

  • Utgivningsdatum2009-12-17
  • Mått234 x 162 x 23 mm
  • Vikt788 g
  • FormatInbunden
  • SpråkEngelska
  • SerieCambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series
  • Antal sidor416
  • FörlagCambridge University Press
  • ISBN9780521115254

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