Distant freedom St Helena and the abolition of the slave trade, 1840-1872
"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 Ro...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press
2016.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
Liverpool Studies in International Slavery ; 10. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39832181*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Place of Immense Advantage
- 2. London and Jamestown
- 3. Sailortown
- 4. Life and Death in the Depots
- 5. Àll, all, without avail': Medicine and the Liberated Africans
- 6. After L̀iberation'
- 7. Island Lives.
