Proslavery Britain
Subtitle: fighting for slavery in an era of abolition
By: Paula E. Dumas
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781137578204
Subjects: History; Justification; Antislavery movements; Abolitionists; Slavery
Description: "Proslavery Britain tells the untold story of the fight to defend slavery in the British Empire at the height of the slavery debates. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from art and literature to propaganda and parliamentary papers, it explores the many ways in which slavery's defenders helped shape the processes of abolition and emancipation"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The proslavery position; title: Proslavery in print; title: Proslavery arts and culture; title: Proslavery politics and the slave trade; title: Proslavery politics after abolition; title: Conclusion.