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100 1 Blackburn, Robin,|d1940-|eauthor.
245 14 The American crucible :|bslavery, emancipation and human
rights /|cRobin Blackburn.
260 London ;|aNew York :|bVerso,|c2011.
300 498 p., [4] p. of plates :|bill., maps ; 24 cm.
505 0 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.
650 0 Slavery|zAmerica|xHistory.
650 0 Slaves|xEmancipation|zAmerica.
650 0 Slavery|xEconomic aspects|zAmerica.
650 0 Antislavery movements|zAmerica|xHistory.
650 0 Human rights|zAmerica|xHistory.
651 0 Europe|xColonies|zAmerica.
