Abolition!: The struggle to abolish slavery in the British colonies

by Richard Reddie

Overview

The Anti-Slave Trade Act became law on 25th March 1807. It made the capture and transport of slaves by British subjects illegal. Slavery as such in the British Empire wasn't abolished until 1833. This book tells the story of the slave trade in the British Empire and examines the movement to bring it to an end.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780745952291
Publisher:	Lion Hudson
Publication date:	01/19/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Richard Reddie is an author and researcher. He has written for a numberof Christian and secular publications, including Focus, Christianity, the Weekly Gleaner and The Voice. He has also been a popular speaker at Black History Month events.

Table of Contents

Subjects covered include: - the history of slavery - the brutality of the slave trade - resistance by slaves - importance of slave trade to the British economy - the roots of the anti-slave trade society - the strategies of the movement - the push for abolition - the legacies of the slave trade

Editorial Reviews

"Accessible and sensitive." —Kirkus Reviews

"Scholarly, readable and timely . . . Richard Reddie's excellent book should remind us that the battles he describes so brilliantly have to be fought and won again and again by each generation." —Tony Benn, author, Letters to My Grandchildren

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