Race Traffic : Antislavery and the Origins of White Victimhood, 1619-1819.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peck, Gunther.

Series:

Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--History.

Slavery.

Race relations--History.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (510 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, 2024.

Summary:

This book explores the historical origins of white victimhood in the context of antislavery movements from 1619 to 1819. It traces the intertwined histories of whiteness, human trafficking, and the emergence of racial categorization within the early British Empire and colonial America. The author investigates the economic, social, and political structures that shaped perceptions of race and the markets in people during the long eighteenth century. Drawing from extensive archival research and scholarly collaboration, the book examines how mercantilism and imperial expansion influenced the commodification of humans and the conceptualization of 'white slavery.' Intended for historians, scholars, and students of race, slavery, and early modern history, this work provides a critical lens on the legacy of imperialism and its role in shaping racial ideologies. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Contents

List of Illustrations

INTRODUCTION: Race Traffic, Past and Present

CHAPTER ONE: The Origins of Race Traffic

CHAPTER TWO: Ransom Traffic and Antislavery in the Mediterranean

CHAPTER THREE: Novel Ways of Seeing Race

CHAPTER FOUR: Atlantic Slave-Servant Conspiracies

CHAPTER FIVE: Nationalizing Emancipation in the Mediterranean

CHAPTER SIX: War, Traffic, and Race across the British Empire

CHAPTER SEVEN: Trafficking, Freedom, and Race in the Age of Revolution

CHAPTER EIGHT: Antislavery Nationalism and Race

CONCLUSION: The Radical Challenge to Race Traffic

APPENDIX A: The Colonial State Papers

APPENDIX B: Early English Books Online

APPENDIX C: Eighteenth Century Collections Online

APPENDIX D: Daniel Horsemanden’s Journal of the Proceedings in the Detection of the Conspiracy (1744)

Index

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ISBN:

9781469680552

1469680556

9781469675169

1469675161

OCLC:

1477222598