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Author Whyte, Iain.

Title Scotland and the abolition of black slavery, 1756-1838 / Iain Whyte.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 278 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary This volume uses contemporary sources to demonstrate the contribution of Scots to the abolition of slavery. It starts with a Virginian slave seeking his freedom in Scotland in 1756 and ends with the abolition of the apprenticeship scheme in the West Indian colonies in 1838.
Contents Cover -- COVER -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- FIGURES -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 BLACK SLAVES IN SCOTLAND AND BAPTISM -- 2 THE LORDS AND THE PROFITS -- WEST INDIAN COMMERCE AND THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT -- 3 PULPITS, PRESBYTERIES AND PETITIONS ON THE TRADE -- 4 LONDON SCOTS IN THE MOVEMENT FOR ABOLITION -- 5 UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN EUROPE AND SCOTS COUNTERVOICES ON EMANCIPATION -- 6 COMING OUT OF SIN -- THE ROAD FROM MITIGATION TO THE CALL FOR IMMEDIATE ABOLITION -- 7 EVANGELISM IN JAMAICA, THEOLOGY IN SCOTLAND, BUT FREEDOM DEFERRED -- 8 EYES ON THE PRIZE -- FOCUS, FAITH AND FERVOUR -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Last Page.
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Subject Antislavery movements -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century.
Antislavery movements.
Scotland.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Antislavery movements -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Public opinion -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century.
Public opinion.
Public opinion -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery and the church -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century.
Slavery and the church.
Slavery and the church -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Scotland -- Public opinion -- History -- 18th century.
Slavery.
Slavery -- Scotland -- Public opinion -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 1700-1899
Geschichte 1756-1838
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Whyte, Iain. Scotland and the abolition of black slavery, 1756-1838. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2006 0748624325 0748624333 (OCoLC)64555278
ISBN 0748626999 (electronic book)
9780748626991 (electronic book)
1280538465
9781280538469
0748624333
0748624325 (hardcover)
9780748624324
9780748624331
Standard No. 9780748626991