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The Price of Emancipation

- Slave-Ownership, Compensation and British Society at the End of Slavery

About The Price of Emancipation

Challenging conventional narratives of abolitionist Britain, this book, provides a comprehensive analysis of the extent and importance of absentee slave-ownership and its impact on British society by drawing on the records of the Commissioners of Slave Compensation, who were responsible for distributing compensation to slave-owners when slavery was abolished.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781107696563
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 416
  • Published:
  • July 17, 2013
  • Dimensions:
  • 229x153x26 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 604 g.
Delivery: 1-2 weeks
Expected delivery: November 28, 2024

Description of The Price of Emancipation

Challenging conventional narratives of abolitionist Britain, this book, provides a comprehensive analysis of the extent and importance of absentee slave-ownership and its impact on British society by drawing on the records of the Commissioners of Slave Compensation, who were responsible for distributing compensation to slave-owners when slavery was abolished.

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