Ireland, Slavery and Anti-Slavery: 1612-1865

by N. Rodgers

Overview

This book tackles a hitherto neglected topic by presenting Ireland as very much a part of the Black Atlantic world. It shows how slaves and sugar produced economic and political change in Eighteenth-century Ireland and discusses the role of Irish emigrants in slave societies in the Caribbean and North America.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230574779
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/31/2007
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	403
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 3.30(d)

About the Author

NINI RODGERS was born in Northern Ireland in 1940. She attended Queen's University, Belfast, UK and throughout her academic career, as a member of staff in the History department, she taught courses on European overseas expansion and slavery. She has published articles on nineteenth-century British policy in Ethiopia, the impact of black slavery on eighteenth-century Ireland and the development of the Irish anti-slavery movement. She is currently an honorary senior research fellow in the School of History and Anthropology, Queen's University, Belfast.

Table of Contents

Introduction PART I: AWAY Slaves and Scholars Servants and Slaves: the Seventeenth Century Creoles and Slaves: the Eighteenth Century Sojourners, Slaves and Stipendiarys: the Nineteenth Century The Trade PART II: AT HOME Protestant, Catholic And Dissenter Dublin, Sweet City Dynasties Anti-Slavery Literature, Mostly Imaginative PART III: EMANCIPATION Daniel O'Connell and Anti-Slavery Frederick Douglass and the 'Antieverythingarians' Famine and War A Special Relationship? Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

'Her [Rodgers] perseverance has produced an immensely readable volume, peppered with colourful anecdotes, that vividly describes not merely Ireland's relations with slavery, but the complexity of Irish society itself. It is a wonderful contribution to the commemoration of the bicentenary of the Abolition Act (1807), which will form an invaluable platform for future studies of Ireland and the black Atlantic.' - Daire Keogh, Irish Times

'...her [Rodgers] book reveals a depth of learning and a level of engagement with her subject that sets a new standard.' - Bruce Nelson, Field Day Review

'The great strength of the work is its integration of many overlapping themes in economic and cultural history.' Times Higher Education

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