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| Publisher | Boydell And Brewer Ltd |
| ISBN 13 | 9781580469692 |
| Author | Richard Anderson, Henry B. Lovejoy |
| Language | English |
| Book Description | In 1807, Britain and the United States passed legislation limiting and ultimately prohibiting the transoceanic slave trade. As world powers negotiated anti-slave-trade treaties thereafter, British, Portuguese, Spanish, Brazilian, French, and US authorities seized ships suspected of illegal slave trading, raided slave barracoons, and detained newly landed slaves. The judicial processes in a network of the world's first international courts of humanitarian justice not only resulted in the "liberation" of nearly two hundred thousand people but also generated an extensive archive of documents. Liberated Africans and the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1807-1896 makes use of these records to illuminate the fates of former slaves, many of whom were released from bondage only to be conscripted into extended periods of indentured servitude. |
| About the Author | Richard Anderson and Henry B. Lovejoy have drawn together a marvelous array of authors that includes many of the best now at work in this area. Liberated Africans will be of interest to Africanists the world over, as well as Caribbeanists, Latin Americanists, and scholars of Atlantic History and African American Studies. - Peter H. Wood, Duke University |
| Publication Date | 02 Jan 2020 |
| Number of Pages | 480 |
Liberated Africans And The Abolition Of The Slave Trade, 1807-1896 hardcover english - 02 Jan 2020
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