Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823.
Title:
Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823.
Author:
Davis, David Brion.
ISBN:
9780198029496
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (460 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface to the New Edition -- Preface -- Notes on Terms -- A Calendar of Events Associated with Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Emancipation, 1770-1823 -- One: What the Abolitionists Were Up Against -- Two: The Seats of Power, I -- Three: The Seats of Power, II -- Four: The Boundaries of Idealism -- Five: The Quaker Ethic and the Antislavery Internadonal -- Six: The Emancipation of America, I -- Seven: The Emancipation of America, II -- Eight: The Preservation of English Liberty, I -- Nine: The Preservation of English Liberty, II -- Ten: Antislavery and the Conflict of Laws -- Eleven: The Good Book -- Epilogue: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the Phenomenology of Mind -- Index.
Abstract:
Part of a trilogy "The Problem of Slavery in World History", this is the second book in the series. It features a preface exploring the anti-slavery debate among American historians, between the 1970s and 1990s, started by the original publication of this book in the 1970s.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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