ISBN: 9781107696563 - the price of emancipation: slave-ownership, compensation and british society at the end of slavery (cambridge studies in economic history - second series) (12 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: New. When colonial slavery was abolished in 1833 the British government paid £20 million to slave-owners as compensation: the enslaved received nothing. Drawing on the records of the Commissioners of Slave Compensation, which represent a complete census of slave-ownership, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the extent and importance of absentee slave-ownership and its impact on British society. Moving away from the historiographical tradition of isolated case studies, it reveals the extent of slave-ownership among metropolitan elites, and identifies concentrations of both rentier and mercantile slave-holders, tracing their influence in local and national politics, in business and in institutions such as the Church. In analysing this permeation of British society by slave-owners and their success in securing compensation from the state, the book challenges conventional narratives of abolitionist Britain and provides a fresh perspective of British society and politics on the eve of the Victorian era.…

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Zustand: New. This book is a comprehensive analysis of the extent and importance of absentee slave-ownership and its impact on British society. Series: Cambridge Studies in Economic History: Second Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598. . 2013. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - When colonial slavery was abolished in 1833 the British government paid £20 million to slave-owners as compensation: the enslaved received nothing. Drawing on the records of the Commissioners of Slave Compensation, which represent a complete census of slave-ownership, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the extent and importance of absentee slave-ownership and its impact on British society. Moving away from the historiographical tradition of isolated case studies, it reveals the extent of slave-ownership among metropolitan elites, and identifies concentrations of both rentier and mercantile slave-holders, tracing their influence in local and national politics, in business and in institutions such as the Church. In analysing this permeation of British society by slave-owners and their success in securing compensation from the state, the book challenges conventional narratives of abolitionist Britain and provides a fresh perspective of British society and politics on the eve of the Victorian era.…

Zustand: New. This book is a comprehensive analysis of the extent and importance of absentee slave-ownership and its impact on British society. Series: Cambridge Studies in Economic History: Second Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598. . 2013. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . …

Paperback. Zustand: New. When colonial slavery was abolished in 1833 the British government paid £20 million to slave-owners as compensation: the enslaved received nothing. Drawing on the records of the Commissioners of Slave Compensation, which represent a complete census of slave-ownership, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the extent and importance of absentee slave-ownership and its impact on British society. Moving away from the historiographical tradition of isolated case studies, it reveals the extent of slave-ownership among metropolitan elites, and identifies concentrations of both rentier and mercantile slave-holders, tracing their influence in local and national politics, in business and in institutions such as the Church. In analysing this permeation of British society by slave-owners and their success in securing compensation from the state, the book challenges conventional narratives of abolitionist Britain and provides a fresh perspective of British society and politics on the eve of the Victorian era.…