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The Price of Emancipation. Slave-Ownership, Compensation and British Society at the End of Slavery.
Nicholas Draper
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Paperback. 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.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Studies in Economic History: Second Series
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107696563
SKU
V9781107696563
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About Nicholas Draper
Nicholas Draper is Research Associate at the Department of History, University College London.
Reviews for The Price of Emancipation. Slave-Ownership, Compensation and British Society at the End of Slavery.
Review of the hardback: 'The Price of Emancipation is a well-researched and argued book, and a major contribution to the study of British history and West Indian slavery in the first half of the nineteenth century.' Stanley Engerman, Journal of Economic History Review of the hardback: '… an important contribution to our understanding of why compensation was introduced, and how ... Read more