The American crucible slavery, emancipation and human rights /.
Blackburn, Robin.
The American crucible slavery, emancipation and human rights /. - 498 p. ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : slavery and the West -- Empires and plantations. The Spanish conquest: destruction, enslavement and the Baroque -- Mercantile empire and the slave plantation: Brazil leads, the Dutch, English and French refine the formula -- Plantation hierarchy, social order and the Atlantic system -- The subversive boom. Slavery and industrialization -- Black aspirations and the 'Picaresque Proletariat' -- The planters back colonial revolt -- From the critique of slavery to the abolitionist movement -- The Haitian pivot. Haitians claim the rights of man -- Results and prospects I: slave-trade abolition -- Results and prospects II: Latin America -- The age of abolition. Abolitionism advances, but slavery is resurgent -- Anti-slavery: its scope, character and appeal -- The keys to emancipation -- The spiral path: ambiguous victories, contested legacies.
A history of the rise and abolition of slavery in the Americas covers such topics as the plantation revolution of the seventeenth century, the emergence of anti-slavery thought, and the contributions of such figures as Thomas Paine and Frederick Douglass.
1844675696 9781844675692
Europe--Colonies--America.
Antislavery movements--History--America
Human rights--History--America
Slavery--Economic aspects--America
Slavery--History--America
Slaves--Emancipation--America
The American crucible slavery, emancipation and human rights /. - 498 p. ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : slavery and the West -- Empires and plantations. The Spanish conquest: destruction, enslavement and the Baroque -- Mercantile empire and the slave plantation: Brazil leads, the Dutch, English and French refine the formula -- Plantation hierarchy, social order and the Atlantic system -- The subversive boom. Slavery and industrialization -- Black aspirations and the 'Picaresque Proletariat' -- The planters back colonial revolt -- From the critique of slavery to the abolitionist movement -- The Haitian pivot. Haitians claim the rights of man -- Results and prospects I: slave-trade abolition -- Results and prospects II: Latin America -- The age of abolition. Abolitionism advances, but slavery is resurgent -- Anti-slavery: its scope, character and appeal -- The keys to emancipation -- The spiral path: ambiguous victories, contested legacies.
A history of the rise and abolition of slavery in the Americas covers such topics as the plantation revolution of the seventeenth century, the emergence of anti-slavery thought, and the contributions of such figures as Thomas Paine and Frederick Douglass.
1844675696 9781844675692
Europe--Colonies--America.
Antislavery movements--History--America
Human rights--History--America
Slavery--Economic aspects--America
Slavery--History--America
Slaves--Emancipation--America