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Seymour (Hrsg.) Drescher

Who Abolished Slavery?: Slave Revolts and Abolitionisma Debate with João Pedro Marques

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The past half-century has produced a mass of information regarding slave resistance, ranging from individual acts of disobedience to massive uprisings. Many of these acts of rebellion have been studied extensively, yet the ultimate goals of the insurgents remain open for discussion. Recently, several historians have suggested that slaves achieved their own freedom by resisting slavery, which counters the predominant argument that abolitionist pressure groups, parliamentarians, and the governmental and anti-governmental armies of the various slaveholding empires were the prime movers behind emancipation. Marques, one of the leading historians… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Emmer, Pieter C. (Hrsg.) / Marques, Jo (Hrsg.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-84545-636-8
  • EAN: 9781845456368
  • Produktnummer: 7708390
  • Verlag: Berghahn Books Inc
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
  • Seitenangabe: 224 S.
  • Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.1 cm x D1.6 cm 498 g
  • Auflage: New
  • Reihenbandnummer: 8
  • Gewicht: 498

Über den Autor


Seymour Drescher is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He served as the first Secretary for the European Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. (1984-85). Known for his studies on Alexis de Tocqueville and the history of slavery, his book, The Mighty Experiment (2002), was awarded the Frederick Douglass Prize. His most recent book, Abolition: A History of Slavery and Antislavery, is being published by Cambridge University Press.

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