Freedom Burning : : Anti-Slavery and Empire in Victorian Britain /

Freedom Burning : : Anti-Slavery and Empire in Victorian Britain / / Richard Huzzey.

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After Britain abolished slavery throughout most of its empire in 1834, Victorians adopted a creed of "anti-slavery" as a vital part of their national identity and sense of moral superiority over other civilizations. The British government used diplomacy, pressure, and violence to suppress...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Huzzey, Richard,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 13 haltones, 3 maps, 1 chart
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • PROLOGUE: FREEDOM BURNING
  • 1 • AN ANTI-SLAVERY NATION
  • 2 • UNCLE TOM’S BRITAIN
  • 3 • THE ANTI-SLAVERY STATE
  • 4 • BRITONS’ UNREAL FREEDOM
  • 5 • POWER, PROSPERITY, AND LIBERTY
  • 6 • AFRICA BURNING
  • 7 • THE ANTI-SLAVERY EMPIRE
  • 8 • IDEOLOGIES OF FREEDOM
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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