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Taking a fresh look at anti-slavery debates in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, this book uncovers the structure, dynamics and flexibility of transatlantic abolitionism during the Age of Revolution. It reframes the abolition movement as a broad international network of activists across metropolitan centres and remote outposts.

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Part I. Building an Anti-Slavery Wall: 1. Networks; 2. Circuits of knowledge; 3. Strategies; Part II. Abolitionism in a Cold Climate: 4. Rupture and fragmentation; 5. Retrenchment; Part III. A New Era: 6. Abolition; 7. The revival of internationalism; 8. Colonisation debates.

Transatlantic Abolitionism in the Age of Revolution

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 11/26/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781107594937, 978-1107594937
      ISBN10: 1107594936

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Taking a fresh look at anti-slavery debates in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, this book uncovers the structure, dynamics and flexibility of transatlantic abolitionism during the Age of Revolution. It reframes the abolition movement as a broad international network of activists across metropolitan centres and remote outposts.

      Table of Contents
      Part I. Building an Anti-Slavery Wall: 1. Networks; 2. Circuits of knowledge; 3. Strategies; Part II. Abolitionism in a Cold Climate: 4. Rupture and fragmentation; 5. Retrenchment; Part III. A New Era: 6. Abolition; 7. The revival of internationalism; 8. Colonisation debates.

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