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The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 1838-1956 a history

Title: The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 1838-1956 [electronic resource] : a history / James Heartfield.
Author: Heartfield, James.
Publication: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]

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Description

1 online resource (xii, 486 pages) : illustrations.

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.

Uniform Title

British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 1838-1956 (Online)

Alternative Title

British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 1838-1956 (Online)

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (page 427-478) and index.

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Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

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