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Who abolished slavery : slave revolts and abolitionism : a debate with João Pedro Marques / edited by Seymour Drescher & Pieter C. Emmer.

Other author/creatorMarques, João Pedro.
Other author/creatorDrescher, Seymour.
Other author/creatorEmmer, P. C.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Berghahn Books, 2010.
Descriptionviii, 208 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Table of contents
Supplemental Content Book review (H-Net)
Subject(s)
Series European expansion & global interaction ; v. 8
European expansion and global interaction ; v. 8. ^A627155
Contents pt. I, Slave revolts and the abolition of slavery: an overinterpretation / João Pedro Marques: -- Slavery and resistance : an old relationship -- Four examples of a new equation : Saint-Domingue; Barbados, Demerara, and Jamaica -- The general rule: emancipation in the American nations; emancipation in the European colonies -- History or ideology? -- Conclusions; -- pt. II, Commentaries: -- Africa and abolitionism / John Thornton -- Who abolished slavery in the Dutch Caribbean? / Pieter C. Emmer -- Slave resistance and emancipation : the case of Saint-Domingue / David Geggus -- Civilizing insurgency : two variants of slave results in the Age of Revolution / Seymour Drescher -- The wars of independence, slave soldiers, and the issue of abolition in Spanish South America / Peter Blanchard -- Shipboard slave revolts and abolition / David Eltis, Stanley L. Engerman -- Slave resistance and abolitionism : a multifaceted issue / Olivier Pétré-Grenouilleau -- Slave revolts and abolitionism / David Brion Davis -- The role of slave resistance in slave emancipation / Robin Blackburn -- João Pedro Marques, slave revolts and the abolition of slavery : a misinterpretation / Hilary McD. Beckles; -- pt. III, Afterthoughts: -- Afterthoughts / João Pedro Marques.
Abstract "The past half-century has produced a mass of information regarding slave resistance, ranging from individual acts of disobedience to massive uprisings. Many of these acts of rebellion have been studied extensively, yet the ultimate goals of the insurgents remain open for discussion. Recently, several historians have suggested that slaves achieved their own freedom by resisting slavery, which counters the predominant argument that abolitionist pressure groups, parliamentarians, and the governmental and anti-governmental armies of the various slaveholding empires were the prime movers behind emancipation. Marques, one of the leading historians of slavery and abolition, argues that, in most cases, it is impossible to establish a direct relation between slaves' uprisings and the emancipation laws that would be approved in the western countries. Following this presentation, his arguments are taken up by a dozen of the most outstanding historians in this field. In a concluding chapter, Marques responds briefly to their comments and evaluates the degree to which they challenge or enhance his view"--Publisher description.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formAufsatzsammlung.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2009025448
ISBN9781845456368 (alk. paper)
ISBN184545636X (alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 99939847920
Stock numberBerghahn Books, C/O Books Intl Po Box 605, Herndon, VA, USA, 22070, (703)6611584 SAN 254-6949

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