Caribbean Slave Revolts and the British Abolitionist Movement

Caribbean Slave Revolts and the British Abolitionist Movement
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Publisher : LSU Press
Total Pages : 213
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ISBN-10 : 9780807131312
ISBN-13 : 0807131318
Rating : 4/5 (318 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Caribbean Slave Revolts and the British Abolitionist Movement by : Gelien Matthews

Download or read book Caribbean Slave Revolts and the British Abolitionist Movement written by Gelien Matthews and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Focusing on slave revolts that took place in Barbados in 1816, in Demerara in 1823, and in Jamaica in 1831-32, Matthews identifies four key aspects in British abolitionist propaganda regarding Caribbean slavery: the denial that antislavery activism prompted slave revolts, the attempt to understand and recount slave uprisings from the slaves' perspectives, the portrayal of slave rebels as victims of armed suppressors and as agents of the antislavery movement, and the presentation of revolts as a rationale against the continuance of slavery. She makes use of previously overlooked publications of British abolitionists to prove that their language changed over time in response to slave uprisings.".


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