Ignatius Sancho And The British Abolitionist Movement 1729 1786

Author : G. J. Barker-Benfield
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9783031374203

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Ignatius Sancho and the British Abolitionist Movement, 1729-1786 by G. J. Barker-Benfield Pdf

This book highlights the significant role played by Ignatius Sancho (c. 1729-80), the first black man to vote in England, in the British abolitionist movement. Examining the letters of Sancho, and especially his correspondence with the influential novelist and preacher, Laurence Sterne, the author analyses the relationship between sensibility and antislavery in eighteenth-century Britain. The book demonstrates how Sancho navigated the bawdy, riotous conditions of commercial London, which was the headquarters of a growing and war-torn Empire. It shows how Sancho mastered the fashionable and gendered language of the culture of sensibility, navigating the contemporary issues of race, slavery, and politics. The book also touches on the White metropolitan and colonial preoccupation with Black men’s sexuality, which was intensified by the Somerset decision of 1772. Sancho’s was a unique and influential voice in eighteenth-century Britain, making this book an insightful read for scholars of anti-slavery as well as gender, race and imperialism in British history.

Author : Paul Poplawski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 675 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781108787482

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Studying English Literature in Context by Paul Poplawski Pdf

Ranging from early medieval times to the present, this diverse collection explores the myriad ways in which literary texts are informed by their historical contexts. The thirty-one chapters draw on varied themes and perspectives to present stimulating new readings of both canonical and non-canonical texts and authors. Written in a lively and engaging style, by an international team of experts, these specially commissioned essays collectively represent an incisive contribution to literary studies; they will appeal to scholars, teachers and graduate and undergraduate students. The book is designed to complement Paul Poplawski's previous volume, English Literature in Context, and incorporates additional study elements designed specifically with undergraduates in mind. With an extensive chronology, a glossary of critical terms, and a study guide suggesting how students might learn from the essays in their own writing practices, this volume provides a rich and flexible resource for teaching and learning.

Author : Ottobah Cugoano
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1787
Category : Antislavery movements
ISBN : PSU:000015517043

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Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic of the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species by Ottobah Cugoano Pdf

This document is from Empire Online, a powerful and interactive collection of primary source documents, sourced from leading archives around the world. This project has been developed to encourage undergraduates, postgraduates, academics and researchers to explore colonial history, politics, culture and society. Material in the collection spans five centuries, charting the story of the rise and fall of empires; from the explorations of Columbus, Captain Cook, and others, right through to de-colonisation in the second half of the twentieth century and debates over American Imperialism.

Author : Ignatius Sancho
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1783
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ZHBL:ZHBL-00052985

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Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African by Ignatius Sancho Pdf

Author : Lydia Maria Child
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : African Americans
ISBN : HARVARD:32044024572562

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The Freedmen's Book by Lydia Maria Child Pdf

Author : Quobna Ottobah Cugoano
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1999-02-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101177105

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Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery by Quobna Ottobah Cugoano Pdf

A freed slave's daring assertion of the evils of slavery Born in present-day Ghana, Quobna Ottobah Cugoano was kidnapped at the age of thirteen and sold into slavery by his fellow Africans in 1770; he worked in the brutal plantation chain gangs of the West Indies before being freed in England. His Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery is the most direct criticism of slavery by a writer of African descent. Cugoano refutes pro-slavery arguments of the day, including slavery's supposed divine sanction; the belief that Africans gladly sold their own families into slavery; that Africans were especially suited to its rigors; and that West Indian slaves led better lives than European serfs. Exploiting his dual identity as both an African and a British citizen, Cugoano daringly asserted that all those under slavery's yoke had a moral obligation to rebel, while at the same time he appealed to white England's better self. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Wilson Armistead
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : OXFORD:N10551763

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A Tribute for the Negro by Wilson Armistead Pdf

A Tribute for the Negro: Being a Vindication of the Moral, Intellectual, and Religious Capabilities of the Coloured Portion of Mankind; with Particular Reference to the African Race Authored by Wilson Armistead

Author : B. Carey
Publisher : Springer
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005-08-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230501621

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British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility by B. Carey Pdf

British Abolitionism and the Rhetoric of Sensibility argues that participants in the late eighteenth-century slavery debate developed a distinct sentimental rhetoric, using the language of the heart to powerful effect in the most important political and humanitarian battle of the time. Examining both familiar and unfamiliar texts, including poetry, novels, journalism, and political writing, Carey shows that salve-owners and abolitionists alike made strategic use of the rhetoric of sensibility in the hope of influencing a reading public thoroughly immersed in the 'cult of feeling'.

Author : Bethwell A. Ogot
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 1088 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0435948113

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Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century by Bethwell A. Ogot Pdf

The result of years of work by scholars from all over the world, The UNESCO General History of Africa reflects how the different peoples of Africa view their civilizations and shows the historical relationships between the various parts of the continent. Historical connections with other continents demonstrate Africa's contribution to the development of human civilization. Each volume is lavishly illustrated and contains a comprehensive bibliography. This fifth volume of the acclaimed series covers the history of the continent from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the close of the eighteenth century in which two themes emerge: first, the continuing internal evolution of the states and cultures of Africa during this period second, the increasing involvement of Africa in external trade--with major but unforeseen consequences for the whole world. In North Africa, we see the Ottomans conquer Egypt. South of the Sahara, some of the larger, older states collapse, and new power bases emerge. Traditional religions continue to coexist with both Christianity (suffering setbacks) and Islam (in the ascendancy). Along the coast, particularly of West Africa, Europeans establish a trading network which, with the development of New World plantation agriculture, becomes the focus of the international slave trade. The immediate consequences of this trade for Africa are explored, and it is argued that the long-term global consequences include the foundation of the present world-economy with all its built-in inequalities.

Author : Seymour Drescher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139482967

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Abolition by Seymour Drescher Pdf

In one form or another, slavery has existed throughout the world for millennia. It helped to change the world, and the world transformed the institution. In the 1450s, when Europeans from the small corner of the globe least enmeshed in the institution first interacted with peoples of other continents, they created, in the Americas, the most dynamic, productive, and exploitative system of coerced labor in human history. Three centuries later these same intercontinental actions produced a movement that successfully challenged the institution at the peak of its dynamism. Within another century a new surge of European expansion constructed Old World empires under the banner of antislavery. However, twentieth-century Europe itself was inundated by a new system of slavery, larger and more deadly than its earlier system of New World slavery. This book examines these dramatic expansions and contractions of the institution of slavery and the impact of violence, economics, and civil society in the ebb and flow of slavery and antislavery during the last five centuries.

Author : Christine Levecq
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0813942187

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Black Cosmopolitans by Christine Levecq Pdf

This book examines the life and intellectual contributions of three extraordinary black men--Jacobus Capitein, Jean-Baptiste Belley, and John Marrant--whose experiences and writing helped shape racial, social, and political thought throughout the eighteenth-century Atlantic world.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780744024401

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History of Britain and Ireland by DK Pdf

Discover the pivotal political, military, and cultural events that shaped British and Irish history, from Stone Age Britain to the present day, in this revised and updated ebook. Combining over 700 photographs, maps, and artworks with accessible text, the History of Britain and Ireland is an invaluable resource for families, students, and anyone seeking to learn more about the fascinating story of the England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Spanning six distinct periods of British and Irish history, this ebook is the best way to find out how Britain transformed with the Norman rule, fought two world wars in the 20th century, and faced new economic challenges in the 21st century. DK's visual guide places key figures - from Alfred the Great to Winston Churchill - and major events - from Roman invasion to the Battle of Britain - in their wider context, making it easier than ever before to learn how they influenced Britain and Ireland's development through the age of empire into the modern era.

Author : John Thomas Scharf
Publisher : Baltimore : Turnbull Bros.
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Baltimore (Md.)
ISBN : NYPL:33433081814950

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The Chronicles of Baltimore by John Thomas Scharf Pdf

Author : Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo,Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 0520066960

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UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. I, Abridged Edition by Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo,Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa Pdf

"This volume covers the period from the end of the Neolithic era to the beginning of the seventh century of our era. This lengthy period includes the civilization of Ancient Egypt, the history of Nubia, Ethiopia, North Africa and the Sahara, as well as of the other regions of the continent and its islands."--Publisher's description

Author : Vincent Carretta,Philip Gould
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813183206

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Genius in Bondage by Vincent Carretta,Philip Gould Pdf

Until fairly recently, critical studies and anthologies of African American literature generally began with the 1830s and 1840s. Yet there was an active and lively transatlantic black literary tradition as early as the 1760s. Genius in Bondage situates this literature in its own historical terms, rather than treating it as a sort of prologue to later African American writings. The contributors address the shifting meanings of race and gender during this period, explore how black identity was cultivated within a capitalist economy, discuss the impact of Christian religion and the Enlightenment on definitions of freedom and liberty, and identify ways in which black literature both engaged with and rebelled against Anglo-American culture.