Books in the Slaveries since Emancipation series

Re-examines the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, how the actions of fugitive slaves changed the face of the abolitionist movement, and the reactions of communities around them. The first book to explore the impact fugitive slaves had on the politics of what was the critical decade leading up to the Civil War.

Contemporary enslavement remains invisible because it operates as a criminal enterprise rather than a legal institution. This volume addresses modern-day slavery by developing historical perspectives that render it vividly recognizable. Uses historical inquiry to expose its roots, describe its varieties, and offer guidance for those who oppose it.

Experts agree that children constitute a large proportion of enslaved populations, both before and after legal emancipation. This anthology foregrounds children on the long continuum of slavery's history to ask how and why the enslavement of children has been central to slavery's continuation on a global level, even after legal emancipation.

Experts agree that children constitute a large proportion of enslaved populations, both before and after legal emancipation. This anthology foregrounds children on the long continuum of slavery's history to ask how and why the enslavement of children has been central to slavery's continuation on a global level, even after legal emancipation.

Contemporary enslavement remains invisible because it operates as a criminal enterprise rather than a legal institution. This volume addresses modern-day slavery by developing historical perspectives that render it vividly recognizable. Uses historical inquiry to expose its roots, describe its varieties, and offer guidance for those who oppose it.

Fighting Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking assembles leading social scientists and historians from the Yale Working Group on Modern Slavery to tackle key controversies surrounding the anti-slavery movement, marshalling insights about historic struggles against slavery and bringing these to bear on present day challenges.

Fighting Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking assembles leading social scientists and historians from the Yale Working Group on Modern Slavery to tackle key controversies surrounding the anti-slavery movement, marshalling insights about historic struggles against slavery and bringing these to bear on present day challenges.

During the nineteenth century and especially after the Civil War, scores of black abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, Moses Roper and Ellen Craft travelled to England, Ireland, Scotland, and parts of rural Wales to educate the public on slavery. By sharing their oratorical, visual, and literary testimony to transatlantic audiences, African American activists galvanised the antislavery movement, which had severe consequences for former slaveholders, pro-slavery defenders, white racists, and ignorant publics. Their journeys highlighted not only their death-defying escapes from bondage but also their desire to speak out against slavery and white supremacy on foreign soil. Hannah-Rose Murray explores the radical transatlantic journeys formerly enslaved individuals made to the British Isles, and what light they shed on our understanding of the abolitionist movement. She uncovers the reasons why activists visited certain locations, how they adapted to the local political and social climate, and what impact their activism had on British society.