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The Interest - How the British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery ***EXP

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ISBN: 9781847925725
AuthorTaylor, Michael
Pub Date05/11/2020
BindingTrade PB
CountryIRL
Dewey306.362
Publisher: Bodley Head
Quick overview The Interest reveals the lengths to which British leaders went to defend the indefensible in the name of profit, showing that the ultimate triumph of abolition came at a bitter cost and was one of the darkest and most dramatic episodes in British history.
€15.95

Drawing on major new research, this long-overdue and ground-breaking history provides a gripping narrative account of the tumultuous and often violent battle - between rebels and planters, between abolitionists and the pro-slavery establishment - that divided and scarred the nation during these years of upheaval.

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Drawing on major new research, this long-overdue and ground-breaking history provides a gripping narrative account of the tumultuous and often violent battle - between rebels and planters, between abolitionists and the pro-slavery establishment - that divided and scarred the nation during these years of upheaval.

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