LEADER 04353nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910826480303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-6537-0 010 $a0-8014-6581-8 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801465819 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241389 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000720647 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11465491 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000720647 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10668569 035 $a(PQKB)10237716 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001500247 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138362 035 $a(OCoLC)811732205 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28817 035 $a(DE-B1597)478603 035 $a(OCoLC)961485524 035 $a(OCoLC)979684342 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801465819 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138362 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10595488 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681643 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241389 100 $a20120220d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFreedom burning $eanti-slavery and empire in Victorian Britain /$fRichard Huzzey 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource $cillustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-322-50361-3 311 0 $a0-8014-5108-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tPROLOGUE: FREEDOM BURNING --$t1 ? AN ANTI-SLAVERY NATION --$t2 ? UNCLE TOM'S BRITAIN --$t3 ? THE ANTI-SLAVERY STATE --$t4 ? BRITONS' UNREAL FREEDOM --$t5 ? POWER, PROSPERITY, AND LIBERTY --$t6 ? AFRICA BURNING --$t7 ? THE ANTI-SLAVERY EMPIRE --$t8 ? IDEOLOGIES OF FREEDOM --$tLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS --$tNOTES --$tBIBLIOGRAPHY --$tINDEX 330 $aAfter Britain abolished slavery throughout most of its empire in 1834, Victorians adopted a creed of "anti-slavery" as a vital part of their national identity and sense of moral superiority to other civilizations. The British government used diplomacy, pressure, and violence to suppress the slave trade, while the Royal Navy enforced abolition worldwide and an anxious public debated the true responsibilities of an anti-slavery nation. This crusade was far from altruistic or compassionate, but Richard Huzzey argues that it forged national debates and political culture long after the famous abolitionist campaigns of William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson had faded into memory. These anti-slavery passions shaped racist and imperialist prejudices, new forms of coerced labor, and the expansion of colonial possessions. In a sweeping narrative that spans the globe, Freedom Burning explores the intersection of philanthropic, imperial, and economic interests that underlay Britain's anti-slavery zeal- from London to Liberia, the Sudan to South Africa, Canada to the Caribbean, and the British East India Company to the Confederate States of America. Through careful attention to popular culture, official records, and private papers, Huzzey rewrites the history of the British Empire and a century-long effort to end the global trade in human lives. 606 $aAntislavery movements$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAbolitionists$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSlave trade$zGreat Britain$xPublic opinion$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aImperialism$zGreat Britain$xPublic opinion$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPublic opinion$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPolitics and culture$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1837-1901 615 0$aAntislavery movements$xHistory 615 0$aAbolitionists$xHistory 615 0$aSlave trade$xPublic opinion$xHistory 615 0$aImperialism$xPublic opinion$xHistory 615 0$aPublic opinion$xHistory 615 0$aPolitics and culture$xHistory 676 $a326/.8094109034 700 $aHuzzey$b Richard$f1982-$01615953 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826480303321 996 $aFreedom burning$93946418 997 $aUNINA