Who Abolished Slavery?

Slave Revolts and AbolitionismA Debate with João Pedro Marques
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-80073-005-2
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 323 g

Reihe: European Expansion & Global Interaction

The past half-century has produced a mass of information regarding slave resistance, ranging from individual acts of disobedience to massive uprisings. Many of these acts of rebellion have been studied extensively, yet the ultimate goals of the insurgents remain open for discussion. Recently, several historians have suggested that slaves achieved their own freedom by resisting slavery, which counters the predominant argument that abolitionist pressure groups, parliamentarians, and the governmental and anti-governmental armies of the various slaveholding empires were the prime movers behind emancipation. Marques, one of the leading historians of slavery and abolition, argues that, in most cases, it is impossible to establish a direct relation between slaves’ uprisings and the emancipation laws that would be approved in the western countries. Following this presentation, his arguments are taken up by a dozen of the most outstanding historians in this field. In a concluding chapter, Marques responds briefly to their comments and evaluates the degree to which they challenge or enhance his view.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Drescher, Seymour

Emmer, Pieter C.

Marques, João Pedro

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Sklaverei

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Pieter C. Emmer and Seymour Drescher

PART I

Introduction: Slave Revolts and the Abolition of Slavery: An Overinterpretation

João Pedro Marques

PART II

Chapter 1. Africa and Abolitionism

John Thornton

Chapter 2. Who Abolished Slavery in the Dutch Caribbean?

Pieter C. Emmer

Chapter 3. Slave Resistance and Emancipation: The Case of Saint-Domingue

David Geggus

Chapter 4. Civilizing Insurgency. Two Variants of Slave Revolts in the Age of Revolution

Seymour Drescher

Chapter 5. The Wars of Independence, Slave Soldiers, and the Issue of Abolition in Spanish South America

Peter Blanchard

Chapter 6. Shipboard Slave Revolts and Abolition

David Eltis and Stanley L. Engerman

Chapter 7. Slave Resistance and Abolitionis: A Multifaceteted Issue

Olivier Pétré-Grenouilleau

Chapter 8. Slave Revolts and Abolitionism

David Brion Davis

Chapter 9. The Role of Slave Resistance in Slave Emancipation

Robin Blackburn

Chapter 10. Slave Revolts and the Abolition of Slavery: A Misinterpretation

Hilary Beckles

PART III

Afterthoughts

João Pedro Marques

Notes on Contributors

Bibliography from the Commentaries

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Drescher, Seymour
Seymour Drescher is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He served as the first Secretary for the European Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. (1984–85). Known for his studies on Alexis de Tocqueville and the history of slavery, his book, The Mighty Experiment (2002), was awarded the Frederick Douglass Prize. His most recent book, Abolition: A History of Slavery and Antislavery, is being published by Cambridge University Press.

Emmer, Pieter C.
Pieter C. Emmer is Emeritus Professor of the history of the expansion of Europe and the related migration movements at University of Leiden. He was a visiting fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge, UK (1978-1979), at the Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin (2000-2001) and at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Wassenaar, The Netherlands (2002-2003).

Marques, João Pedro
João Pedro Marques has been a researcher at the IICT (Lisbon) since 1987. He obtained a PhD in History from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where he taught African History. He has published dozens of articles and several books on the subjects of slavery, abolition and other colonial issues, including The Sounds of Silence (Berghahn Books, 2006).

Seymour Drescher is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He served as the first Secretary for the European Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. (1984–85). Known for his studies on Alexis de Tocqueville and the history of slavery, his book, The Mighty Experiment (2002), was awarded the Frederick Douglass Prize. His most recent book, Abolition: A History of Slavery and Antislavery, is being published by Cambridge University Press.