03444nam 2200601 450 991079272790332120230323235019.010.1515/9781785333323(CKB)3710000001123478(MiAaPQ)EBC4498485(DE-B1597)636125(DE-B1597)9781785333323(EXLCZ)99371000000112347820170407h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBetween blood and gold the debates over compensation for slavery in the Americas /Frederique Beauvois ; translated from the French by Andrene EversonNew York ;Oxford, [England] :Berghahn Books,2017.©20171 online resource (294 pages) illustrations, tablesEuropean Expansion and Global Interaction1-78533-331-3 1-78533-332-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --CONTENTS --TABLES --PREFACE --Introduction – COMPENSATION AS A DRIVING FORCE FOR ABOLITION --Chapter 1 – COMPENSATION An Issue at the Heart of a Democratic Debate --Chapter 2 – BETWEEN LEGALISM AND HUMANISM Compensation for Eminent Domain? --Chapter 3 – COMPENSATION’S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DIMENSION Compensation as Aid --Chapter 4 – COMPENSATION’S POLITICAL SIDE A Means of Ensuring Colonial Cooperation --EPILOGUE The Many-Faceted Issue of Compensation --APPENDIX Positions of Members of Parliament Concerning the Principal Abolition Topics --BIBLIOGRAPHY --IndexToday, a century and a half after the abolition of slavery across most of the Americas, the idea of monetary reparations for former slaves and their descendants continues to be a controversial one. Lost among these debates, however, is the fact that such payments were widespread in the nineteenth century—except the “victims” were not slaves, but the slaveholders deprived of their labor. This landmark comparative study analyzes the debates over compensation within France and Great Britain. It lays out in unprecedented detail the philosophical, legal-political, and economic factors at play, establishing a powerful new model for understanding the aftermath of slavery in the Americas.European expansion and global interaction.SlaveholdersLegal status, laws, etcFranceHistorySlaveholdersLegal status, laws, etcGreat BritainHistoryIndemnityFranceHistoryIndemnityGreat BritainHistoryEnslaved personsEmancipationFranceHistoryFrancePolitics and government1789-1900Great BritainPolitics and government19th centurySlaveholdersLegal status, laws, etc.History.SlaveholdersLegal status, laws, etc.History.IndemnityHistory.IndemnityHistory.Enslaved personsEmancipationHistory.326/.8097NW 8295BVBrvkBeauvois Frédérique1531317Everson AndreneMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792727903321Between blood and gold3776884UNINA