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Book SynopsisThe first full study of women's participation in the British anti-slavery movement. It explores women's distinctive contributions and shows how these were vital in shaping successive stages of the abolutionist campaign.
Trade Review`... her book will become a standard reference work for scholars of the anti-slavery movement.' - Social History Society Newsletter
Table of ContentsPart I Women Against the Slave Trade, 1783-1815 2. Participants from the First Part II Women Against British Colonial Slavery, 182-1838 3. `Cement of the whole Antislavery building' 4. Anti-slavery in the Fabric of Women's Lives 5. Perspectives, Principles and Policies Part III Women and `Universal Abolition', 1834-1868 6. The Transatlantic Sisterhood 7. The `Woman Question' 8. A Lingering Concern 9. Anti-Slavery and Women: Interpreting the New Picture
