Anti-slavery and Australia : no slavery in a free land? / Jane Lydon.
Anti-slavery and Australia : no slavery in a free land? / Jane Lydon.
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
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H 2021/1176
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English
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xiv, 196 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction. 'An equal portion of liberty' -- No slavery in a free land? -- 'Poor creatures'. Antislavery and transportation, 1789-1807 -- In spite of all the Saints, 1807-1833 -- Abolition, systematic colonization, and the end of transportation, 1830-1840 -- Is not the New Hollander a man and a br...
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
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England
Date Published
2021.
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"Bringing the histories of British anti-slavery and Australian colonization together changes our view of both. This book explores the anti-slavery movement in imperial scope, arguing that colonization in Australasia facilitated emancipation in the Caribbean, even as abolition powerfully shaped the Settler Revolution. The anti-slavery campaign was d...
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Anti-slavery and Australia : no slavery in a free land? / Jane Lydon.
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Empires and the making of the modern world, 1650-2000
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online version Lydon, Jane, 1965- Anti-slavery and Australia Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. 9780429445187 (DLC) 2020045029
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H 2021/1176
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74VKaOXdDBoX
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9781138334724 hardback
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326/.80994
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991024378212802626
