Greatest Emancipations: How the West Abolished SlaverySt. Martin's Publishing Group, 24 juni 2008 - 288 sidor For thousands of years, slavery went unchallenged in principle. Then in a single century, slavery was abolished and more than seven million slaves were freed. Greatest Emancipation tells this amazing story, focusing on Haiti, the British Caribbean, the United States, Cuba and Brazil, which accounted for the vast majority of slaves in the west. Jim Powell offers some surprising insights and shows that while the abolition of slavery was essential to any free society, it wasn't the sole determing factor, since some societies that abolished slavery later embraced dictatorships. Jim Powell reveals the process and tremendous influence that slavery's eradication had on individual societies in the west. |
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Ideas that Inspired the Abolitionists | 23 |
Haiti and the First Successful Slave Revolt | 41 |
British Abolitionists Peaceful Campaign against Slavery | 67 |
British Diplomats and Commanders Struggle to Stop the Slave Trade | 93 |
The United States and the Military Strategy for Abolition | 117 |
Revolts War and the Collapse of Cuban Slavery | 141 |
Brazils Resourceful Abolitionists | 163 |
Courageous Campaign against Secret Slavery in the Congo | 185 |
How Did It All Work Out? | 215 |
Conclusion | 237 |
Timeline of Antislavery in the Western World | 247 |
Notes | 257 |
Selected Bibliography | 271 |
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