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Who Abolished Slavery?

Slave Revolts and AbolitionismA Debate with João Pedro Marques

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

AvSeymour Drescher,Pieter C. Emmer,João Pedro Marques

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The past half-century has produced a mass of information regarding slave resistance, ranging from individual acts of disobedience to massive uprisings. Many of these acts of rebellion have been studied extensively, yet the ultimate goals of the insurgents remain open for discussion. Recently, several historians have suggested that slaves achieved their own freedom by resisting slavery, which counters the predominant argument that abolitionist pressure groups, parliamentarians, and the governmental and anti-governmental armies of the various slaveholding empires were the prime movers behind emancipation. Marques, one of the leading historians of slavery and abolition, argues that, in most cases, it is impossible to establish a direct relation between slaves’ uprisings and the emancipation laws that would be approved in the western countries. Following this presentation, his arguments are taken up by a dozen of the most outstanding historians in this field. In a concluding chapter, Marques responds briefly to their comments and evaluates the degree to which they challenge or enhance his view.

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Utgivningsdatum2010-02-01
Mått152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt485 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEuropean Expansion & Global Interaction
Antal sidor224
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781845456368

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Seymour Drescher is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He served as the first Secretary for the European Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. (1984–85). Known for his studies on Alexis de Tocqueville and the history of slavery, his book, The Mighty Experiment (2002), was awarded the Frederick Douglass Prize. His most recent book, Abolition: A History of Slavery and Antislavery, is being published by Cambridge University Press.

PrefacePieter C. Emmer and Seymour DrescherPART IIntroduction: Slave Revolts and the Abolition of Slavery: An OverinterpretationJoão Pedro MarquesPART IIChapter 1. Africa and AbolitionismJohn ThorntonChapter 2. Who Abolished Slavery in the Dutch Caribbean?Pieter C. EmmerChapter 3. Slave Resistance and Emancipation: The Case of Saint-DomingueDavid GeggusChapter 4. Civilizing Insurgency. Two Variants of Slave Revolts in the Age of RevolutionSeymour DrescherChapter 5. The Wars of Independence, Slave Soldiers, and the Issue of Abolition in Spanish South AmericaPeter BlanchardChapter 6. Shipboard Slave Revolts and AbolitionDavid Eltis and Stanley L. EngermanChapter 7. Slave Resistance and Abolitionis: A Multifaceteted IssueOlivier Pétré-GrenouilleauChapter 8. Slave Revolts and AbolitionismDavid Brion DavisChapter 9. The Role of Slave Resistance in Slave EmancipationRobin BlackburnChapter 10. Slave Revolts and the Abolition of Slavery: A MisinterpretationHilary BecklesPART IIIAfterthoughtsJoão Pedro MarquesNotes on ContributorsBibliography from the CommentariesIndex