Defeating Slavery
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Defeating Slavery
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Author : Nancy B Spannaus
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2023-11-17
Defeating Slavery written by Nancy B Spannaus and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-17 with categories.
Slavery is not in America's DNA. In the words of historian Gordon Wood, the American "Revolution created the first antislavery movement in the history of the world." So why did it take a Civil War to finally end chattel slavery, a war whose consequences still shape American politics today? Nancy Spannaus argues that the crucial factor was the abandonment of the economic principles of Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton envisioned creating an agro-industrial nation, which could only be built by eliminating the slave system. When Jefferson, and then Andrew Jackson, undermined and crushed Hamilton's program, they put the nation on the path to war. Why American Slavery Persisted challenges today's dominant narrative, providing evidence of early America's extraordinary anti-slavery movement and the economic battle which the early abolitionists lost. By bringing the truth to light, she shows a pathway to resolving our crisis today.
Homicide Justified
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Author : Andrew Fede
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2017
Homicide Justified written by Andrew Fede and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This comparative study looks at the laws concerning the murder of slaves by their masters and at how these laws were implemented. Andrew T. Fede cites a wide range of cases--across time, place, and circumstance--to illuminate legal, judicial, and other complexities surrounding this regrettably common occurrence. These laws had evolved to limit in different ways the masters' rights to severely punish and even kill their slaves while protecting valuable enslaved people, understood as "property," from wanton destruction by hirers, overseers, and poor whites who did not own slaves. To explore the conflicts of masters' rights with state and colonial laws, Fede shows how slave homicide law evolved and was enforced not only in the United States but also in ancient Roman, Visigoth, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and British jurisdictions. His comparative approach reveals how legal reforms regarding slave homicide in antebellum times, like past reforms dictated by emperors and kings, were the products of changing perceptions of the interests of the public; of the individual slave owners; and of the slave owners' families, heirs, and creditors. Although some slave murders came to be regarded as capital offenses, the laws con-sistently reinforced the second-class status of slaves. This influence, Fede concludes, flowed over into the application of law to free African Americans and would even make itself felt in the legal attitudes that underlay the Jim Crow era.
Hearts Beating For Liberty
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Author : Stacey M. Robertson
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2010-10-11
Hearts Beating For Liberty written by Stacey M. Robertson and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-11 with Social Science categories.
Challenging traditional histories of abolition, this book shifts the focus away from the East to show how the women of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin helped build a vibrant antislavery movement in the Old Northwest. Stacey Robertson argues that the environment of the Old Northwest--with its own complicated history of slavery and racism--created a uniquely collaborative and flexible approach to abolitionism. Western women helped build this local focus through their unusual and occasionally transgressive activities. They plunged into Liberty Party politics, vociferously supported a Quaker-led boycott of slave goods, and tirelessly aided fugitives and free blacks in their communities. Western women worked closely with male abolitionists, belying the notion of separate spheres that characterized abolitionism in the East. The contested history of race relations in the West also affected the development of abolitionism in the region, necessitating a pragmatic bent in their activities. Female antislavery societies focused on eliminating racist laws, aiding fugitive slaves, and building and sustaining schools for blacks. This approach required that abolitionists of all stripes work together, and women proved especially adept at such cooperation.
The Beat Of A Drum
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Author : Stewart Ross
language : en
Publisher: Wayland
Release Date : 2002
The Beat Of A Drum written by Stewart Ross and has been published by Wayland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Barbados categories.
Obah is a young boy living in Benin in western Africa in the 18th century. One day his life changes for ever when he and his beloved younger sister, Banita, are wrenched away from the world they know, and sold into slavery. But the greatest pain of all comes when Obah and his sister are separated. He vows never to give up searching for Banita. Obah's love and determination to escape keep him strong, but will that be enough to keep him alive?
A Century Of Emancipation
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Author : John Harris
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2019-01-13
A Century Of Emancipation written by John Harris and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-13 with History categories.
A Century of Emancipation, written by the English anti-slavery campaigner John Harris and first published in 1933, represents an invaluable compendium for the student of slavery and its allied forms of contract labor and forced labor, both in their historical setting and in their contemporary aspects. In this book, the author is concerned with all kind of slavery, including that of East Indians and Mongolians in the West Indies, of Kanakas in Polynesia, and of the motley crowd along the Putumayo River in South America. This book is not merely an attempt to portray suffering, it is also an attempt to give a brief account of the systems under which these things have been done, and still more an effort to recount the light and shade of the great struggles carried on by a mere handful of earnest souls beginning with Clarkson, Wilberforce, Buxton, Pitt, Sturge, Macaulay, Lushington. Grey, Livingstone, then on to Vandervelde, Dilke, Fox Bourne, Morel, Hodgkin and others. The book shows how those who have struggled and are still struggling with these sordid but powerful forces have never numbered more than a few hundreds. Whilst it may be true that those few hundreds have been men and women of wisdom and influence, yet it is even more true that they have been men and women possessed of souls burning with a spiritual passion for freedom and justice—that was and is their chief source of strength.
Marse
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Author : H. D. Kirkpatrick
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-02-15
Marse written by H. D. Kirkpatrick and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-15 with Social Science categories.
Marse: A Psychological Portrait of the Southern Slave Masterand His Legacy of White Supremacy focuses on the white men who composed the antebellum southern planter class in the period of 1830-1861. This book is a psychological autopsy of the minds and behaviors of enslavers that helps explain the enduring roots of white supremacy and the hidden wound of racist slavery that continues to affect all Americans today. Marse details and illustrates examples of the psychological mechanisms by which southern slave masters justified owning another human being as property and how they formed a society in which enslavement was morally acceptable. Kirkpatrick uses forensic psychology to analyze the personality formation, defense mechanisms, and psychopathologies of slave masters. Their delusional beliefs and assumptions about Black Africans extended to a forceful cohort of white slaveholding women, as well as how they twisted Christianity to promote slavery as a positive good. He examines the masters’ stresses and fears, and how they coped by developing psychologically fatal, slavery-specific defense mechanisms. Utilizing sources such as the vast treasure trove of slavery historiography, diaries, letters, autobiographies, and sermons, Marse describes the ways in which slaveholders created a delusional worldview that sanctioned cruel instruments of punishment and implemented laws and social policies of domination used to rob Blacks of their human rights. The seismic shift in race relations our nation is experiencing right now make this book timely, as it will advance our understanding of the South’s self-defeating romance with racist slavery and its latent and chronic effects. The parallels between the psychology of antebellum slaveholding and today’s racism are palpable.
The Modern Slavery Agenda
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Author : Craig, Gary
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2019-01-17
The Modern Slavery Agenda written by Craig, Gary and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-17 with Social Science categories.
Modern slavery, in the form of labour exploitation, domestic servitude, sexual trafficking, child labour and cannabis farming, is still growing in the UK and industrialised countries, despite the introduction of laws to try to stem it. This hugely topical book, by a team of high-profile activists and expert writers, is the first critically to assess the legislation, using evidence from across the field, and to offer strategies for improvement in policy and practice. It argues that, contrary to its claims to be ‘world-leading’, the Modern Slavery Act is inconsistent, inadequate and punitive; and that the UK government, through its labour market and immigration policies, is actually creating the conditions for slavery to be promoted.
Abolish Oil Now
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Author : Erik D. Curren
language : en
Publisher: New Sky Books
Release Date : 2021-09-30
Abolish Oil Now written by Erik D. Curren and has been published by New Sky Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-30 with Science categories.
Not another book about climate science, "Abolish Oil Now!" is about people, justice, and what it takes to win against big dirty money. Lessons from the most successful citizens movement of the past can help us dethrone fossil fuels and win the clean energy revolution in time to save civilization.With wildfires, droughts, and storms straight out of the apocalypse ravaging the nations of the earth, it's never been more urgent than it is today to slow and stop climate change. The only force blocking action is the political and economic power of Big Oil. If serious climate solutions are enacted, fossil fuel companies stand to lose about the same amount of money that American slaveowners lost when the Civil War ended slavery in 1865.That's why climate leaders say that only one movement in the past was big enough to serve as a model to overcome opposition from fossil fuels now: the movement to abolish slavery.With inspiring stories of abolition heroes like Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and William Lloyd Garrison, "Abolish Oil Now!" offers a proven model of political success with a special focus on race, pollution, and climate justice for Black Americans and other people of color.
The 1811 German Coast Uprising
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Author : Charles River
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2020-11-21
The 1811 German Coast Uprising written by Charles River and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-21 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading As the issue of slavery roiled the country, few people became as controversial or consequential as Nat Turner, who was one of millions of slaves in the South before the Civil War but ultimately led the nation's most notorious slave uprising. In August 1831, Turner led a rebellion that terrorized Virginia for several days, killing dozens of whites and freeing slaves as his band moved from plantation to plantation. The Richmond Enquirer reported, "A fanatic preacher by the name of Nat Turner (Gen. Nat Turner) who had been taught to read and write, and permitted to go about preaching in the country, was at the bottom of this infernal brigandage. He was artful, impudent and vindicative, without any cause or provocation, that could be assigned." Even after the uprising was put down, Turner evaded capture for a few months, and after he was captured, his "confessions" were taken down and published before he was executed. Virginia would put a total of 56 slaves to death for the uprising. While Turner's rebellion remains famous today, a far larger uprising took place a generation earlier. In January 1811, hundreds of slaves in Louisiana attempted to make a new beginning for themselves or die trying. Armed with muskets, cane knives, and axes, and wearing stolen United States militia uniforms, they set out to conquer the city of New Orleans. The goal was to establish a free republic where slavery was outlawed and blacks had control over their own lives. Understandably discontented with their status and no longer willing to accept it, they were ready to engage in extreme violence to win their freedom, fully aware that death would be the only alternative. Between the arrival of first slave ship in Virginia in 1619 and the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, there were more than 250 incidents of rebellions by 10 or more slaves on present-day United States territory, dating as far back as the 1739 Stono rebellion in South Carolina. But the German Coast Uprising in 1811 was the largest act of armed resistance against slavery in American history, and more than 100 slaves died during or as a result of the German Coast Uprising, whereas fewer than 30 were killed in action or as punishment for Nat Turner's uprising. The 1811 insurrection also involved the largest mix of slave participants, combining African- and American-born slaves, and both men and women. The rebels of 1811 were inspired to a great degree by the most successful slave uprising in history, which had occurred the previous decade in the French colony of Saint Domingue (modern Haiti). There, thousands of enslaved workers there launched an organized rebellion, expelling all whites from the territory and establishing an independent state. The German Coast Uprising was also inspired by charismatic, powerful, and dedicated leaders, including Charles Deslondes, a mulatto slave driver, and two African soldiers, Kook and Quamana, who had only recently arrived in Louisiana from Africa on slave ships. While they had passionate motives, strong leaders, and were well organized, their chances of defeating the strength of the white planter society and United States military were very slim, and in this case, as in so many others in history, might defeated right. However, despite being unsuccessful in overthrowing the system, the German Coast Uprising showed a level of organization, leadership, and coordination unseen before by slaves in America, and it was totally unexpected by white owners and officials, which made it a precursor to its much more famous successor. The 1811 German Coast Uprising: The History and Legacy of America's Largest Slave Revolt chronicles the critical but often overlooked uprising, from its origins to its results. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about the 1811 German Coast Uprisign like never before.
Ending Slavery
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Author : Kevin Bales
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2007-09-28
Ending Slavery written by Kevin Bales and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-28 with Political Science categories.
"None of us is truly free while others remain enslaved. The continuing existence of slavery is one of the greatest tragedies facing our global humanity. Today we finally have the means and increasingly the conviction to end this scourge and to bring millions of slaves to freedom. Read Kevin Bales's practical and inspiring book, and you will discover how our world can be free at last."—Desmond Tutu "Ever since the Emancipation Proclamation, Americans have congratulated themselves on ending slavery once and for all. But did we? Kevin Bales is a powerful and effective voice in pointing out the appalling degree to which servitude, forced labor and outright slavery still exist in today's world, even here. This book is a valuable primer on the persistence of these evils, their intricate links to poverty, corruption and globalization—and what we can do to combat them. He's a modern-day William Lloyd Garrison."—Adam Hochschild, author of Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves "I know modern slavery from the inside, and since coming to freedom I am committed to end it forever. This book shows us how to make a world where no more childhoods will be stolen and sold as mine was."—Given Kachepa, former U.S. slave, recipient of the Yoshiyama Award "Kevin Bales does not just pontificate from behind a desk. From the charcoal pits of Brazil to the brothels of Thailand, he has seen the victims of modern day slavery. In Ending Slavery, Bales gives us an update on what's happening (and not happening), and a controversial plan to abolish slavery in the 21st century. This is a must read for anyone who wants to learn about the great human rights issue of our times."—Ambassador John Miller, former director of the U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons