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Distant freedom: St Helena and the abolition of the slave trade, 1840-1872 (Liverpool Studies in International Slavery LUP)
Andrew Pearson
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Description for Distant freedom: St Helena and the abolition of the slave trade, 1840-1872 (Liverpool Studies in International Slavery LUP)
Hardcover. This book is a study of the remote South Atlantic island of St Helena and its role in the abolition of the slave trade. Series: Liverpool Studies in International Slavery. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 black & white tables, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MTASH; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
This book is an examination of the island of St Helena’s involvement in slave trade abolition. After the establishment of a British Vice-Admiralty court there in 1840, this tiny and remote South Atlantic colony became the hub of naval activity in the region. It served as a base for the Royal Navy’s West Africa Squadron, and as such became the principal receiving depot for intercepted slave ships and their human cargo. During the middle decades of the nineteenth century over 25,000 ‘recaptive’ or ‘liberated’ Africans were landed at the island. Here, in embryonic refugee camps, these former slaves lived and ... Read more
This book is an examination of the island of St Helena’s involvement in slave trade abolition. After the establishment of a British Vice-Admiralty court there in 1840, this tiny and remote South Atlantic colony became the hub of naval activity in the region. It served as a base for the Royal Navy’s West Africa Squadron, and as such became the principal receiving depot for intercepted slave ships and their human cargo. During the middle decades of the nineteenth century over 25,000 ‘recaptive’ or ‘liberated’ Africans were landed at the island. Here, in embryonic refugee camps, these former slaves lived and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
Series
Liverpool Studies in International Slavery
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781382837
SKU
V9781781382837
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99-50
About Andrew Pearson
Andrew Pearson is Research Associate at the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol and Director of Pearson Archaeology Ltd.
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