A collection of essays by an international team of scholars on the part played by classical sources and images in the debates around the abolition of slavery. It shows that the ancient Greek and Roman slave was invoked both by abolitionists and by those who promoted and attempte…
"Originado en una conferencia organizada en 2007 por el Centro para la Recepción de Grecia y Roma en Royal Holloway, Universidad de Londres, y celebrada en la Biblioteca Británica ... este accesible volumen ofrece un estudio pionero del papel desempeñado por los intérpretes de t…
A collection of essays by an international team of scholars on the part played by classical sources and images in the debates around the abolition of slavery. It shows that the ancient Greek and Roman slave was invoked both by abolitionists and by those who promoted and attempte…
"Originating in a conference organised in 2007 by the Centre for the Reception of Greece and Rome at Royal Holloway, University of London, and held at the British Library ... this accessible volume offers a pathbreaking study of the role played by the interpreters of ancient Gre…
"Originating in a conference organised in 2007 by the Centre for the Reception of Greece and Rome at Royal Holloway, University of London, and held at the British Library ... this accessible volume offers a pathbreaking study of the role played by the interpreters of ancient Gre…
Here, Huzzey explores the global continuities and complexities of anti-slavery as ideology and policy, bridging the end of the 'heroic' period of British anti-slavery and the dawn of the 20th century. The time span coincides with Victoria's long reign and the apogee of Great Bri…
After Britain abolished slavery throughout most of its empire in 1834, Victorians adopted a creed of "anti-slavery" as a vital part of their national identity and sense of moral superiority to other civilizations. The British government used diplomacy, pressure, and violence to …
Antislavery Political Writings, first published in 2004, presents the best speeches and writings of the leading American antislavery thinkers, activists and politicians in the years between 1830 and 1860. These chapters demonstrate the range of theoretical and political choices …
