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Author Blackburn, Robin, 1940- author.
Title The American crucible : slavery, emancipation and human rights / Robin Blackburn.
Publication Info London ; New York : Verso, 2011.


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Descript 498 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents Zones of slave-based development and of slave resistance, c. 1770 -- Slavery and the West. Slavery and human history -- Empires and Plantations. The Spanish conquest: destruction, enslavement and the Baroque ; Mercantile empire and the slave plantation: Brazil leads, the Dutch, English and French refine the formula ; Plantation hierarchy, social order and the Atlantic system -- The Subversive Boom. Slavery and industrialization ; Black aspirations and the 'Picaresque Proletariat' ; The planters back colonial revolt ; From the critique of slavery to the abolitionist movement -- The Haitian Pivot. Haitians claim the rights of man ; Results and prospects I: slave-trade abolition ; Results and prospects II: Latin America -- The Age of Abolition. Abolitionism advances, but slavery is resurgent ; Anti-slavery: its scope, character and appeal ; The keys to emancipation ; The spiral path : ambiguous victories, contested legacies.
ISBN 9781844675692 (hbk.)
1844675696 (hbk.)
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Author Blackburn, Robin, 1940- author.
Subject Slavery -- America -- History.
Slaves -- Emancipation -- America.
Slavery -- Economic aspects -- America.
Antislavery movements -- America -- History.
Human rights -- America -- History.
Europe -- Colonies -- America.
Descript 498 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents Zones of slave-based development and of slave resistance, c. 1770 -- Slavery and the West. Slavery and human history -- Empires and Plantations. The Spanish conquest: destruction, enslavement and the Baroque ; Mercantile empire and the slave plantation: Brazil leads, the Dutch, English and French refine the formula ; Plantation hierarchy, social order and the Atlantic system -- The Subversive Boom. Slavery and industrialization ; Black aspirations and the 'Picaresque Proletariat' ; The planters back colonial revolt ; From the critique of slavery to the abolitionist movement -- The Haitian Pivot. Haitians claim the rights of man ; Results and prospects I: slave-trade abolition ; Results and prospects II: Latin America -- The Age of Abolition. Abolitionism advances, but slavery is resurgent ; Anti-slavery: its scope, character and appeal ; The keys to emancipation ; The spiral path : ambiguous victories, contested legacies.
ISBN 9781844675692 (hbk.)
1844675696 (hbk.)
Author Blackburn, Robin, 1940- author.
Subject Slavery -- America -- History.
Slaves -- Emancipation -- America.
Slavery -- Economic aspects -- America.
Antislavery movements -- America -- History.
Human rights -- America -- History.
Europe -- Colonies -- America.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 Wilberforce Institute  HT 1048 B6  DEPT DECISION  ASK AT DEPT
 BJL 5th Floor  HT 1048 B6  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Subject Slavery -- America -- History.
Slaves -- Emancipation -- America.
Slavery -- Economic aspects -- America.
Antislavery movements -- America -- History.
Human rights -- America -- History.
Europe -- Colonies -- America.
Descript 498 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents Zones of slave-based development and of slave resistance, c. 1770 -- Slavery and the West. Slavery and human history -- Empires and Plantations. The Spanish conquest: destruction, enslavement and the Baroque ; Mercantile empire and the slave plantation: Brazil leads, the Dutch, English and French refine the formula ; Plantation hierarchy, social order and the Atlantic system -- The Subversive Boom. Slavery and industrialization ; Black aspirations and the 'Picaresque Proletariat' ; The planters back colonial revolt ; From the critique of slavery to the abolitionist movement -- The Haitian Pivot. Haitians claim the rights of man ; Results and prospects I: slave-trade abolition ; Results and prospects II: Latin America -- The Age of Abolition. Abolitionism advances, but slavery is resurgent ; Anti-slavery: its scope, character and appeal ; The keys to emancipation ; The spiral path : ambiguous victories, contested legacies.
ISBN 9781844675692 (hbk.)
1844675696 (hbk.)
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