Debating the slave trade : rhetoric of British national identity, 1759-1815 / Srividhya Swaminathan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swaminathan, Srividhya.

Series:

Ashgate series in nineteenth-century transatlantic studies ; 2094.

Ashgate series in nineteenth-century transatlantic studies

Ashgate series in nineteenth-century transatlantic studies ; 2094

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Slavery in literature.

Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Antislavery movements.

Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English language--18th century--Rhetoric.

English language.

English language--19th century--Rhetoric.

Antislavery movements in literature.

Slave trade in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Farnham Surrey, England ; Burlington : Ashgate, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Srividhya Swaminathan examines contemporary books, pamphlets, and literary works to trace the changes in rhetorical strategies utilized by both sides of the abolitionist debate. Suggesting that the debate to abolish the slave trade helped to construct a British national identity and character, she reads the arguments of pro- and anti-abolitionists as a series of dialogues among diverse groups at the center and peripheries of the empire.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Chronology of the British Slave Trade and Empire; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Building a Common Vocabulary: The Language of Reform and the Slave-Trade Debates; 2 Converging Arguments in British Resistance: Writing from the Coloniesto Great Britain, 1759-1776; 3 Proliferating Antislavery Arguments and the Creation of an Activist Community, 1772-1789; 4 The Proslavery Rebuttal: Developing New Strategies of Defense, 1770-1789; 5 Whose Victory? Abolition and the Construction of British Identity, 1788-1807; Epilogue Towards an Imperial Briton; Bibliography

Index

Notes:

First published 2009 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-57605-8

1-317-15418-5

1-317-15417-7

1-282-26126-6

9786612261268

0-7546-9503-4

9781315576053

OCLC:

436286350