Emancipation and the remaking of the British imperial world / edited by Catherine Hall, Nicholas Draper and Keith McClelland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McClelland, Keith, editor.

Draper, Nicholas, 1958- editor.

Hall, Catherine, 1946- editor.

Series:

UCL/Neale series on British history.

UCL/Neale Series on British History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Colonies--Great Britain--History--Congresses.

Slavery.

Slavery--Economic aspects--Great Britain--Congresses.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Great Britain--History--Congresses.

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--West Indies, British--History--Congresses.

Slaveholders--Great Britain--History--Congresses.

Slaveholders.

Slavery--West Indies, British--History--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2014.

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, [2015]

System Details:

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Summary:

Slavery and the slavery business have cast a long shadow over British history. In 1833, abolition was heralded as evidence of Britain's claim to be the modern global power. Yet much is still unknown about the significance of the slavery business and emancipation in the formation of modern imperial Britain. This book engages with current work exploring the importance of slavery and slave-ownership in the re-making of the British imperial world after abolition in 1833. The contributors to this collection, drawn from Britain, the Caribbean and Mauritius, include some of the most distinguished writers in the field: Clare Anderson, Robin Blackburn, Heather Cateau, Mary Chamberlain, Chris Evans, Pat Hudson, Richard Huzzey, Zo{uml}e Laidlaw, Alison Light, Anita Rupprecht, Verene A. Shepherd, Andrea Stuart and Vijaya Teelock. The impact of slavery and slave-ownership is once again becoming a major area of historical and contemporary concern: this book makes a vital contribution to the subject.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction / Catherine Hall, Nicholas Draper and Keith McClelland

part I. Formations of capital : beyond 'merchants and planters'

1. The scope of accumulation and the reach of moral perception : slavery, market revolution and Atlantic capitalism / Robin Blackburn

2. Slavery, the slave trade and economic growth : a contribution to the debate / Pat Hudson

3. Slavery and Welsh industry before and after emancipation / Chris Evans

part II. From slavery to indenture

4. From slavery to indenture : scripts for slavery's endings / Anita Rupprecht

5. Re-examining the labour matrix in the British Caribbean 1750 to 1850 / Heather Cateau

6. After emancipation : empires and imperial formations / Clare Anderson

part III. The imperial state

7. Imperial complicity : indigenous dispossession in British history and history writing / Zo{uml}e Laidlaw

8. Concepts of liberty : freedom, laissez-faire and the state after Britain's abolition of slavery / Richard Huzzey

part IV. Public histories, family histories

9. Family history : history's poor relation? / Alison Light

10. Writing Sugar in the blood / Andrea Stuart

11. Legacy and lineage : family histories in the Caribbean / Mary Chamberlain

part V. Reparations, restitution and the historian

12. The Mauritius Truth and Justice Commission : 'eyewash', 'storm in a teacup' or promise of a new future for Mauritians? / Vijayalakshmi Teelock

13. Jamaica and the debate over reparation for slavery : an overview / Verene A. Shepherd.

Notes:

"The essays in this volume were first delivered as papers at a conference at University College London (UCL) on 'Emancipation, Slave-ownership and the Re-making of the British Imperial World' in March 2012"--Page xiii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781526103024

1526103028

9781526103017

152610301X

9781781707890

1781707898

OCLC:

980850975