The American Crucible :Slavery, Emancipation and Human Rights

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The American Crucible :Slavery, Emancipation and Human Rights

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For over three centuries, slavery in the Americas fuelled the growth of capitalism. But the stirrings of a revolutionary age in the late eighteenth century challenged this "peculiar institution" and set the scene for great acts of emancipation in Haiti in 1804, in the United States in the 1860s and Brazil in the 1880s. Blackburn argues that the anti-slavery movement helped forge the political and social ideals we live by today.
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Short-listed for Frederick Douglas Book Prize 2012

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Type Book
ISBN13 9781781681060
ISBN10 1781681066
Number Of Pages 512
Item Weight 724 g
Product Dimensions 154 x 235 x 28 mm
Publisher / Reseller Verso Books
Format paperback
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A marvelous book-insightful and stimulating. -- Stanley Engerman, University of Rochester
This is a richly scholarly book ... an important contribution to our understanding of the shaping of the modern world. -- James Walvin * BBC History Magazine *
Poses a challenge for the political future as well as a bold reappraisal of the historical past. -- Stephen Howe * Independent *
The finest one-volume history of the rise and fall of modern slavery. -- Eric Foner * The Nation *
Magisterial history of transatlantic slavery. * Times Literary Supplement *

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Author's Bio

Robin Blackburn teaches at the University of Essex and is an editor at New Left Review. He is the author of many books, including The American Crucible, The Making of New World Slavery, The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery, Age Shock and Banking on Death.

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