Book contents
- Jubilee’s Experiment
- Slaveries since Emancipation
- Jubilee’s Experiment
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Anxieties of Emancipation
- 2 Fears of British Emancipation in America
- 3 The Benefits of Free Labor
- 4 The Problems of Apprenticeship
- 5 The Experiment and Its Challenges
- 6 Reform and the Experiment
- 7 African Americans and British Emancipation
- 8 A West Indian Jubilee in America
- Epilogue
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 March 2023
- Jubilee’s Experiment
- Slaveries since Emancipation
- Jubilee’s Experiment
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Anxieties of Emancipation
- 2 Fears of British Emancipation in America
- 3 The Benefits of Free Labor
- 4 The Problems of Apprenticeship
- 5 The Experiment and Its Challenges
- 6 Reform and the Experiment
- 7 African Americans and British Emancipation
- 8 A West Indian Jubilee in America
- Epilogue
- Index
Summary
The Introduction provides an overview of the book. It charts the origin of the antislavery concept of Jubilee and the concept of British Emancipation as a "mighty experiment." It discusses the major themes of the book as well as its influences, including historiographies of British slavery and empire, the post-emancipation Anglo-West Indies, as well as American slavery and abolitionism. It also lays out the methodologies utilized in the study and concludes with a summation of each chapter.
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- Jubilee's ExperimentThe British West Indies and American Abolitionism, pp. 1 - 15Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023