Popular Politics and British Anti-Slavery: The Mobilisation of Public Opinion against the Slave Trade 1787-1807 / Edition 1

by J.R. Oldfield

Overview

In 1792, 400,000 people put their signature to petitions calling for the abolition of the slaves trade. This work explains how this remarkable expression of support for black people was organized and orchestrated, and how it contributed to the growth of popular politics in Britain.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714644622
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/01/1998
Series:	Routledge Studies in Slave and Post-Slave Societies and Cultures
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Oldfield, J.R.

Table of Contents

TLS - reviewed by Howard Temperley

"The campaign for the abolition of the slave trade has often been described but never better than by J R Oldfield in this account..."



"necessary reading for students of Britain"s abolition of the slave trade"

International Journal of African Historical Studies



Albion - Judith Jennings, Kentucky Foundation for Women- " Oldfield"s book has much to commend it, and I highly recommend it to readers interested in the nation-wide scope and cultural context of abolition.