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The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery
Robin Blackburn
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Description for The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery
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In 1770 a handful of European nations ruled the Americas, drawing from them a stream of products, both everyday and exotic. Some two and a half million black slaves, imprisoned in plantation colonies, toiled to produce the sugar, coffee, cotton, ginger and indigo craved by Europeans. By 1848 the major systems of colonial slavery had been swept away either by independence movements, slave revolts, abolitionists or some combination of all three. How did this happen?
Robin Blackburn's history captures the complexity of a revolutionary age in a compelling narrative. In some cases colonial rule fell while slavery flourished, as ... Read more
In 1770 a handful of European nations ruled the Americas, drawing from them a stream of products, both everyday and exotic. Some two and a half million black slaves, imprisoned in plantation colonies, toiled to produce the sugar, coffee, cotton, ginger and indigo craved by Europeans. By 1848 the major systems of colonial slavery had been swept away either by independence movements, slave revolts, abolitionists or some combination of all three. How did this happen?
Robin Blackburn's history captures the complexity of a revolutionary age in a compelling narrative. In some cases colonial rule fell while slavery flourished, as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Number of Pages
570
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844674756
SKU
V9781844674756
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About Robin Blackburn
Robin Blackburn teaches at the University of Essex and is an editor at New Left Review. He is the author of many books, including The American Crucible, The Making of New World Slavery, The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery, Age Shock and Banking on Death.
Reviews for The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery
A challenge to those who fondly suppose that slavery declined as ideas of Western 'enlightenment' spread ... Blackburn deserves praise for undermining complacency about the past-and the present.
Christopher Hitchens
New York Newsday
Blackburn's highly intelligent and well-written book is a substantial contribution. In this story the central event is the French Revolution.
Victor Kiernen
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Christopher Hitchens
New York Newsday
Blackburn's highly intelligent and well-written book is a substantial contribution. In this story the central event is the French Revolution.
Victor Kiernen
... Read more