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Popular Politics and British Anti-Slavery
The Mobilisation of Public Opinion against the Slave Trade 1787-1807
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eBook - ePub
Popular Politics and British Anti-Slavery
The Mobilisation of Public Opinion against the Slave Trade 1787-1807
About this book
In 1792, 400, 000 people put their signature to petitions calling for the abolition of the slaves trade. This work explains how this remarkable expression of support for black people was organized and orchestrated, and how it contributed to the growth of popular politics in Britain.
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Index
Aberdeen, 60, 105, 128
advertising, 1, 3, 11, 45
Alcester, 11
Allason, Thomas, 101
Alnick, 114
American colonies conciliation with, 4, 105, 127, 128, 129, 132
American Revolution, 5, 14, 33, 105, 117
Anglican Church, 127, 129–130, 185
Appleby, 60
Atkinson, Joseph, 137
Attenburrow, John, 131
Babington, Lydia, 137
Baker, Thomas, 11–12
Banff, 106
bankruptcy, 14–16
Barbauld, Anna Laetitia, 135, 136, 140
Epistle to William Wilberforce, Esq., 136
Barnett, Thomas, 131
Barnsley, 139
Barnstaple, 10
Barrell, John, 167
Barry, Jonathan, 131
Barton, John, 42, 48, 52, 79
Bath, 10, 12
Batson, William, 101
Bayley, Thomas, 137
Beddoes, Thomas, 85, 112
Behn, Aphra, 23, 27, 136
Oroonoko, 23, 136
Beilby, Ralph, 132, 167
Belford, 114, 139
Benezet, Anthony, 51
Bennett, Mary, 138
Bentley, Thomas, 157
Bewick, Thomas, 132, 167, 172
Bickerstaffe, Isaac, 28–31
Captive, The, 28
Love in the City, 28–30
Padlock, The, 30–31
Sultan, The, 28
Bidlake, John, 99, 129
Slave-Trade, 99
Bigsby, John, 131
Bingham, 110
Birkett, Mary, 140
Birmingham, 7, 13, 20, 57, 96, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 115, 128, 138, 157, 161
Lunar Society, 12, 42, 131
Bishop, Will, 49
Blackburn, 129
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Introduction
- One: The eighteenth-century background
- Two: The view from London
- Three: Thomas Clarkson
- Four: Committees and petitions
- Five: Abolition at the grass-roots level
- Six: Abolition, visual culture, and popular politics
- Epilogue
- Index