The suppression of the Atlantic slave trade : British policies, practices and representations of naval coercion /: British policies, practices and representations of naval coercion. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Robert Burroughs and Richard Huzzey.
• Other Names: Burroughs, Robert M, 1980-; Huzzey, Richard, 1982-
• Contents: Introduction1. Suppression of the Atlantic slave trade: abolition from ship to shore – Robert Burroughs 2. The politics of slave-trade suppression – Richard Huzzey3. ‘Tis enough that we give them liberty’? Liberated Africans at Sierra Leone in the early era of slave-trade suppression – Emma Christopher4. A ‘most miserable business’: naval officers’ experiences of slave-trade suppression – Mary Wills5. British and African health in the anti-slave-trade squadron – John Rankin6. Slave-trade suppression and the culture of anti-slavery in nineteenth-century Britain – Robert Burroughs7. Slave-trade suppression and the image of West Africa in nineteenth-century Britain – David Lambert8. History, memory, and commemoration of Atlantic slave-trade suppression – Richard Huzzey and John McAleerBibliographyIndex
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: 326.8094109034; Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Slave trade -- Africa -- History -- 19th century; Slave trade -- Great Britain -- History; Antislavery movements; Slave trade; Slavenhandel; Africa; Great Britain; Atlantisch gebied; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781784992361; 1784992364
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