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Although much has been written about Scottish involvement in slavery, the contribution of Scots to the abolition of black slavery has not yet been sufficiently recognised. This book starts with a Virginian slave seeking his freedomin Scotland in 1756 and ends with the abolition of the apprenticeship scheme in the West Indian colonies in 1838.

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A tightly argued and illuminating history. This is a spendid and rigorious new account of the Scots' involvement in this great humanitarian crusade. -- Eric J. Graham, Edingurgh Scottish Studies Review A tightly argued and illuminating history. This is a spendid and rigorious new account of the Scots' involvement in this great humanitarian crusade.

Scotland and the Abolition of Black Slavery

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 28/06/2006
      ISBN13: 9780748624324, 978-0748624324
      ISBN10: 0748624325
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      Book Synopsis
      Although much has been written about Scottish involvement in slavery, the contribution of Scots to the abolition of black slavery has not yet been sufficiently recognised. This book starts with a Virginian slave seeking his freedomin Scotland in 1756 and ends with the abolition of the apprenticeship scheme in the West Indian colonies in 1838.

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      A tightly argued and illuminating history. This is a spendid and rigorious new account of the Scots' involvement in this great humanitarian crusade. -- Eric J. Graham, Edingurgh Scottish Studies Review A tightly argued and illuminating history. This is a spendid and rigorious new account of the Scots' involvement in this great humanitarian crusade.

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