The British slave trade : abolition, parliament and people : including the illustrated catalogue of the parliamentary exhibition in Westminster Hall, 23 May - 23 September 2007 / edited by Stephen Farrell, Melanie Unwin and James Walvin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Farrell, Stephen, 1968-

Unwin, Melanie.

Walvin, James.

Parliamentary History Yearbook Trust.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slave trade--Great Britain.

Slave trade.

Great Britain.

Slavery.

Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xiii, 346 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Parliamentary history. Supplement.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press for The Parliamentary History Yearbook Trust, 2007.

Summary:

The year 2007 marks the bicentenary of the abolition of the British slave trade by parliament. This volume, which includes an illustrated catalogue, has been produced to accompany the parliamentary exhibition being held in Westminster Hall. The essays provide essential information for an understanding of the wider phenomenon of the transatlantic slave trade. The role of black people in England, both before and after 1807, is examined, as is the contribution of enslaved Africans in resisting West Indian slavery. The different approaches to slavery and freedom experienced in Trinidad and Sierra Leone are contrasted, and attention is drawn to persistent - and still continuing - forms of trafficking and enslavement elsewhere in the world. As well as discussing the vital role of public opinion and the economic context, the articles demonstrate the involvement of parliament in the origins and development of the slave trade, as well as in its abolition. The chest or box of African produce that Thomas Clarkson, a leading abolitionist, used as a means of influencing M.P.s and peers is the subject of an article on abolitionist visual art.

This is a special book issue published as a supplement to volume 26 of the Parliamentary History journal.

Contents:

Professor: The Baroness Young of Hornsey, Foreword xi

Parliament and the Escalation of the Slave Trade, 1690-1714 / William A. Pettigrew 12

The British Government and the Slave Trade: Early Parliamentary Enquiries, 1713-83 / Christopher L. Brown 27

Public Opinion and Parliament in the Abolition of the British Slave Trade / Seymour Drescher 42

Black People in England, 1660-1807 / Kathy Chater 66

Trinidad: A Model Colony for British Slave Trade Abolition / Gelien Matthews 84

'A Less Favourable Specimen': The Abolitionist Response to Self-Emancipated Slaves in Sierra Leone, 1793-1808 / Cassandra Pybus 97

The Wilberforce Song: How Enslaved Caribbean Blacks Heard British Abolitionists / Hilary McDonald Beckles 113

The Ending of the British Slave Trade in 1807: The Economic Context / David Richardson 127

'Contrary to the Principles of Justice, Humanity and Sound Policy': The Slave Trade, Parliamentary Politics and the Abolition Act, 1807 / Stephen Farrell 141

Appendix Survey of the House of Commons on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, February 1807 172

Packaging Liberty and Marketing the Gift of Freedom: 1807 and the Legacy of Clarkson's Chest / Marcus Wood 203

The Black Presence in England and Wales after the Abolition Act, 1807-1930 / Caroline Bressey 224

The Development of the Anti-Slavery Movement after 1807 / Mike Kaye 238

'The British Slave Trade: Abolition, Parliament and People', an exhibition held in Westminster Hall, 23 May-23 September 2007, edited by MELANIE UNWIN / Exhibition Catalogue 259.

Notes:

"This is a special book issue published as a supplement to volume 26 of the Parliamentary history journal."--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780748633142

OCLC:

123963421