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Between Blood and Gold: The Debates over Compensation for Slavery in the Americas
Frederique Beauvois
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Description for Between Blood and Gold: The Debates over Compensation for Slavery in the Americas
Hardback. This landmark study analyzes the debates over compensation within France and Great Britain, establishing a compelling analysis of the Atlantic slave trade's aftermath. Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBTS; LBBR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
Today, a century and a half after the abolition of slavery across most of the Americas, the idea of monetary reparations for former slaves and their descendants continues to be a controversial one. Lost among these debates, however, is the fact that such payments were widespread in the 19th century-except the victims were not slaves, but the slaveholders deprived of their labor. This landmark comparative study analyzes the debates over compensation within France and Great Britain. It lays out in unprecedented detail the philosophical, legal-political, and economic factors at play, establishing a powerful new model for understanding the ... Read more
Today, a century and a half after the abolition of slavery across most of the Americas, the idea of monetary reparations for former slaves and their descendants continues to be a controversial one. Lost among these debates, however, is the fact that such payments were widespread in the 19th century-except the victims were not slaves, but the slaveholders deprived of their labor. This landmark comparative study analyzes the debates over compensation within France and Great Britain. It lays out in unprecedented detail the philosophical, legal-political, and economic factors at play, establishing a powerful new model for understanding the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
European Expansion & Global Interaction
Condition
New
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785333316
SKU
V9781785333316
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About Frederique Beauvois
Frederique Beauvois received her doctorate from the University of Lausanne and Sciences Po Paris in 2011. She was awarded the Prize of the French Senate as well as the Prize of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lausanne in 2012. She is currently researching perceptions of slavery in the United States from 1783 to 1865.
Reviews for Between Blood and Gold: The Debates over Compensation for Slavery in the Americas
Between Blood and Gold is an excellent work of scholarship on an important historical topic. It contains a considerable amount of new information on the subject that is not easily available, detailing the political and economic background that led to payments to slave owners-never to slaves-in many colonies and nations, as well as the philosophical, moral, and legal contexts of ... Read more