Between Blood and Gold

The Debates over Compensation for Slavery in the Americas
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-78533-331-6
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 582 g

Reihe: European Expansion & Global Interaction

Today, a century and a half after the abolition of slavery across most of the Americas, the idea of monetary reparations for former slaves and their descendants continues to be a controversial one. Lost among these debates, however, is the fact that such payments were widespread in the nineteenth century—except the “victims” were not slaves, but the slaveholders deprived of their labor. This landmark comparative study analyzes the debates over compensation within France and Great Britain. It lays out in unprecedented detail the philosophical, legal-political, and economic factors at play, establishing a powerful new model for understanding the aftermath of slavery in the Americas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beauvois, Frédérique

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Parlament
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Sklaverei

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Compensation as a Driving Force for Abolition

Chapter 1. Compensation: An Issue at the Heart of a Democratic Debate

Chapter 2. Between Legalism and Humanism: Compensation for Eminent Domain?

Chapter 3. Compensation’s Economic and Social Dimension: Compensation as Aid

Chapter 4. Compensation’s Political Side: A Means of Ensuring Colonial Cooperation

Epilogue: The Many-Faceted Issue of Compensation

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Beauvois, Frédérique
Frédérique Beauvois received her doctorate from the University of Lausanne and Sciences Po Paris in 2011. She was awarded the Prize of the French Senate as well as the Prize of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lausanne in 2012. She is currently researching perceptions of slavery in the United States from 1783 to 1865.