Freedom Burning

Richard Huzzey

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After Britain abolished slavery throughout most of its empire in 1834, Victorians adopted a creed of "anti-slavery" as a vital part of their national identity and sense of moral superiority over other civilizations. The British government used diplomacy, pressure, and violence to suppress the slave trade, while the Royal Navy enforced abolition worldwide and an anxious public debated the true responsibilities of an anti-slavery nation. This crusade was far from altruistic or compassionate, but Richard Huzzey argues that it forged national debates and political culture long after the famous abolitionist campaigns of William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson had faded into memory. These anti-slavery passions shaped racist and imperialist prejudices, new forms of coerced labor, and the expansion of colonial possessions.In a sweeping narrative that spans the globe, Freedom Burning explores the intersection of philanthropic, imperial, and economic interests that underlay Britain's anti-slavery zeal- from London to Liberia, the Sudan to South Africa, Canada to the Caribbean, and the British East India Company to the Confederate States of America. Through careful attention to popular culture, official records, and private papers, Huzzey rewrites the history of the British Empire and a century-long effort to end the global trade in human lives.

Sujets

• Royaume-Uni
• Africa
• Great Britain
• History of Europe
• History of Africa
• United Kingdom
• Reino Unido
• Histoire

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 septembre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780801465819
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 13 Mo

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Freedom Burning

Freedom Burning

¡¡ AntiSlavery and Empire in Victorian Britain

R I C H A R D H U Z Z E Y

C O R N E L L U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S   I T H A C A A N D L O N D O N

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Huzzey, Rîchard, 1982–  Freedom burnîng : antî-savery and empîre în Vîctorîan Brîtaîn / Rîchard Huzzey.  p. cm.  Incudes bîbîographîca references and îndex.  ISBN 978-0-8014-5108-9 (coth : ak. paper)  1. Antîsavery movements—Great Brîtaîn—Hîstory—19th century. 2. Aboîtîonîsts— Great Brîtaîn—Hîstory—19th century. 3. Save trade—Great Brîtaîn—Pubîc opînîon— Hîstory—19th century. 4. Imperîaîsm—Great Brîtaîn—Pubîc opînîon—Hîstory—19th century. 5. Pubîc opînîon—Great Brîtaîn—Hîstory—19th century. 6. Poîtîcs and cuture—Great Brîtaîn—Hîstory—19th century. 7. Great Brîtaîn—Poîtîcs and government—1837–1901. I. Tîte.  HT1163.H89 2012  326'.8094109034—dc23 2012007352

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Contents T

LIS T OF ILLUS T R AT IONS   IX ACKNOWLEDGMEN T S   XI

PROLOGUE: F REEDOM BURNING   1

1   AN AN T I -SL AVER Y NAT ION   5

Dîvîsîon and Dîversîty 9   Aboîtîonîsts and Antî-Savery 16  

2  BRI TAIN UNCLE T OM’S   21

Geoogîes of Emancîpatîon 24   A Great, Unseen, Gîgantîc Power 30  

3  S TAT EHE AN T I -SL AVER Y  T   40

Antî-Savers în Dîsguîse 42   Brîtaîn’s Antî-Savery Word System 51   Consensus, Conlîct, and Partîsanshîp 65  

4  T ONS’  BRI F REEDOMUNRE AL   75

Savery and Brîtîsh Socîety 77   Wage Savery 84   Sweetenîng the Condîtîon of Engand 93  

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5   POWER, T YPROSPERI T Y, AND LIBER   98

Cheap Sugar Means Cheap Saves? 99   Mora Economîes 106   The Benevoent Crotchet 113   Free Labor and Word Power 124  

6  RICA BURNING AF   132

Improvement and the Save Trade 134   Antî-Savery Imperîaîsm 141   Decoy Eephants 147   Antî-Savery and the Scrambe for Afrîca 160   Imperîa Motîves 174  

7   T HE AN T I -SL AVER Y EMPIRE   177

From Bombay to Morant Bay 178   The Road to He 186   Race, Free Labor, and Seeîng Too Far 198  

8   IDEOLOGIE REEDOMS OF F   203

Eîte and Popuar Antî-Saverîes 204   Antî-Savery as Ideoogy 206   Antî-Savery Ends and Means 210  

LIS T OF ABBRE VIAT IONS   215 NO T E S   217 BIBLIOGR APH Y   267 INDE X   289

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 1. Detaî of anonymous paîntîng of Afrîcan settements beîng destroyed on the Gaînas Rîver, 1845  2. A Unîon vîew of Brîtaîn’s Cîvî War betraya of antî-savery, 1861  3. “The Vîrgînîan Save,” 1851  4. A vîew of savery în the Unîted States for Brîtîsh chîdren, 1854  5. Brîtîsh expendîture on save trade suppressîon, 1816–65  6. Photograph of ensaved East Afrîcans îberated by HMS Daphne, 1865  7. Map of Brîtîsh Vîce-Admîraty and Mîxed Commîssîon Courts for save-trade suppressîon  8. “The ‘Fag of Freedom,’” 1875  9. Brîtîsh attack on save barracoons on the Soyman Rîver, Sîerra Leone, 1849 10. Brîtîsh attack on save barracoons în Mozambîque, 1850 11. “The Destructîon of Lagos, 1851” 12. Map of Brîtîsh expansîon în Afrîca c. 1875–1901 13. The save trade depîcted, afterLîvîngstone’s Last Journals, 1874 14. Boats from HMSLondonchase a save dhow near Zanzîbar, 1881 15. “The Whîte Eephant,” 1892 16. Sîr Harry Johnston’s depîctîon of the devastatîon of a Centra Afrîca save raîd, 1888 17. The orîgîns and destînatîons of îndentured aborers în the Brîtîsh Empîre, 1834–1922

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