The Price Of Emancipation

Slave-Ownership, Compensation And British Society At The End Of Slavery

by Nicholas (University College London) Draper
language: english
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, July of 2013 ‧
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Challenging conventional narratives of abolitionist Britain, this book, provides a comprehensive analysis of the extent and importance of absentee slave-ownership and its impact on British society by drawing on the records of the Commissioners of Slave Compensation, who were responsible for distributing compensation to slave-owners when slavery was abolished.

The Price Of Emancipation

Slave-Ownership, Compensation And British Society At The End Of Slavery

by Nicholas (University College London) Draper

Property Description
ISBN: 9781107696563
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: July of 2013
Language: English
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 22 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 416
Format: Book
Collection: Cambridge Studies In Economic History - Second Series
Categories: Books in English > History > History of Europe
EAN: 9781107696563