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Record Nr.

UNINA9910416529303321

Autore

Moody Jessica

Titolo

The Persistence of Memory : Remembering Slavery in Liverpool, 'slaving Capital of the World'

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

1-78962-257-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 pages)

Collana

Liverpool Studies in International Slavery ; ; v.18

Disciplina

380.144094275

Soggetti

Antislavery movements

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The Persistence of Memory tells the history of the public memory of transatlantic slavery in the largest slave-trading port city in the world, from the end of the 18th century into the 21st century, revealing the persistence of slavery memory in Liverpool as an ongoing, contested debate.