Between blood and gold : the debates over compensation for slavery in the Americas / / Frederique Beauvois ; translated from the French by Andrene Everson

• Autore: Beauvois Frédérique
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations, tables
• Disciplina: 326/.8097
• Soggetto topico: Slaveholders - Legal status, laws, etc - France - History; Slaveholders - Legal status, laws, etc - Great Britain - History; Indemnity - France - History; Indemnity - Great Britain - History; Enslaved persons - Emancipation - France - History
• Soggetto geografico: France Politics and government 1789-1900; Great Britain Politics and government 19th century
• Classificazione: NW 8295
• Persona (resp. second.): EversonAndrene
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Today, 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Between blood and gold
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828739703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: European expansion and global interaction.