Covers the presence of blacks in Britain from 1640 to 1950, with focus on black Baptists, who came predominantly from Jamaica and America in the 1830's-60's on abolitionist tours or who had connections with the Baptist Missionary Society
Examines the role of abolitionist and feminist ideals in Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda's novel Sab. Highlights the power and gender relations in Sab, suggesting that previous interpretations of the novel have not addressed the role of these relations as a function of race relations in the slave colony of Cuba. Discusses the themes of interracial relationships and personal identity.;
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Journal Title Details:
p. 272
Notes:
Includes Explaining Dutch abolition / Gert Oostindie -- Long goodbye : Dutch capitalism and antislavery in comparative perspective / Seymour Drescher -- Dutch case of antislavery : Late abolitions and élitist abolitionism / Maarten Kuitenbrouwer -- Dutch antislavery attitudes in a decline-ridden society, 1750-1815 / Angelie Sens -- Economic explanation of the late abolition of slavery in Suriname / Edwin Horlings -- Suriname and the abolition of slavery / Alex van Stipriaan -- Same old song? : perspectives on slavery and slaves in Suriname and Curac̦ao / Gert Oostindie -- Abolitionism, the Batavian Republic, the British, and the Cape Colony / Robert Ross -- Slavery and the Dutch in Southeast Asia / Gerrit J. Knaap -- Ideology of free labor and Dutch colonial policy, 1830-1870 / Pieter C. Emmer -- Emancipations in comparative perspective : a long and wide view / Stanley L. Engerman.
Examines two holidays that many radical abolitionists celebrated every year, the Fourth of July and the First of August, an antislavery holiday commemorating British emancipation in the West Indies
Mörner,Magnus (Author) and Conference on Race and Class in Latin America (1965: New York, NY.)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1970
Published:
New York: Columbia University Press
Location:
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Notes:
309 p, Includes Gonzalo Aquirre Beltrán's "The abolition of slavery and its aftermath. The integration of the Negro into the national society of Mexico"; Carlos M. Rama's "The passing of the Afro-Uruguayans from caste society into class society"; Richard Graham's "Action and ideas in the abolitionist movement in Brazil"; Harry Hoetink's "The Dominican Republic in the nineteenth century: some notes on stratefication, immigration, and race"; and Florestan Fernandes' "Immigration and race relations in São Paulo";
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Notes:
361 p, The general purpose of this book is to give an analysis of the political sociology of the Caribbean islands and the seas around them from about 1750 to about 1900. The central argument is a familiar one, that plan tations (especially sugar plantations) created a slave society, which created racism in politics and daily life (see, e.g., Knight (1990 [1978]), pp. 3–192).;
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Notes:
383 p., "Collection of 11 articles originally published between 1977-96, brought up-to-date. Topics include the Dutch and the making of the Atlantic system, the West India Company, Dutch (slave) trading, abolitionism, and different forms of plantation labor"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
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Notes:
344 p, Contents: PART ONE: 1850-1879 -- Introduction: The Foundations of Brazilian Slavery -- The Abolition of the African Slave Trade and the Onset of Decline -- The Crisis of Labor -- The Inter-Provincial Slave Trade -- The Beginnings of Emancipationism -- The Emancipation of the Newborn -- The Rio Branco Law -- PART TWO: 1879-1888 -- The Provinces on the Eve of Abolitionism -- The Abolitionist Movement: First Phase -- Action and Reaction -- The Movement in Ceara -- The Abolitionist Movement: Second Phase -- Shock Waves of Ceara: Amazonas and Rio Grande Do Sul -- The Liberation of the Elderly -- Prelude to Collapse -- The Conversion of Sao Paulo -- Abolition
Reviews several books on slavery. The Abolition of Slavery in Brazil: The "Liberation" of Africans Through the Emancipation of Capital, by David Baronov; The Virgin, The King and the Royal Slaves of El Cobre: Negotiating Freedom in Colonial Cuba, 1670-1780, by María Elena Díaz; The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas, by David Eltis.;
