Distant freedom : "St Helena and the abolition of the slave trade, 1840-1872" / Andrew Pearson.

Author
Pearson, Andrew [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oxford : Liverpool University Press, ©2016.
Description
1 online resource (328 pages)

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Subject(s)
Series
Liverpool Studies in International Slavery LUP. [More in this series]
Summary note
This book is a study of the remote South Atlantic island of St Helena and its role in the abolition of the slave trade.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-307) and index.
Source of description
Print version record.
Contents
Cover; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. A Place of Immense Advantage ; 2. London and Jamestown ; 3. Sailortown; 4. Life and Death in the Depots; 5. 'All, all, without avail': Medicine and the Liberated Africans; 6. After 'Liberation' ; 7. Island Lives; Conclusion; Appendix One; Appendix Two; Appendix Three; Appendix Four; Bibliography; Index.
ISBN
  • 9781781383858 ((electronic bk.))
  • 1781383855 ((electronic bk.))
  • 9781781383957
  • 1781383952
OCLC
956277587
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