Fontaine thomson (4 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For over fifty years the Maroons of Dominica resisted being enslaved, choosing instead to live free in the country's mountainous interior. They dared to challenge the very system of slavery and scores paid the ultimate price with their lives. Their sacrifice, however, was not in vain. So dramatic were their exploits, unparalleled bravery and sacrifice, that it stirred the consciences of the British public, including William Wilberforce and Granville Sharp, and helped focus attention on slave conditions in the West Indies. Ultimately, the mistreatment and suffering of the Maroons and those enslaved in Dominica, would ignite the debate in Great Britain and prove pivotal in putting an end to the slave trade and the abolition of slavery in the British West Indies. The book succeeds in painting a holistic struggle for freedom from slavery in Dominica, and its impact on the rest of the British West Indies. Carefully woven into the narrative is the influence of the French Revolution, free people of colour, and the fight for Independence in Haiti; on the ultimate success of the Maroon movement. …

Zustand: New. KlappentextFor over fifty years the Maroons of Dominica resisted being enslaved, choosing instead to live free in the country s mountainous interior. They dared to challenge the very system of slavery and scores paid the ultimate price w.

Couverture rigide. Zustand: bon. RO40240132: Non daté. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 139 pages pour le tome I et 128 pages pour le tome II. Gravures en noir et blanc en frontispices. Illustrés de nombreuses gravures en noir et blanc hors texte. Bandeaux et culs-de-lampe ornés en noir et blanc. Titres dorés sur les dos. Text in English. Etiquettes de code sur les dos. Tampons de bibliothèque en pages de titre. Mors légèrement fendus. Plats légèrement frottés. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon. …