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Brazilian Gold, Cuban Copper and the Final Frontier of British Anti-Slavery.
- Source :
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Slavery & Abolition . Mar2013, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p118-134. 17p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- This paper concerns the problems that transnational mining companies posed for British abolitionists in the years after emancipation in Britain's Caribbean empire. British-owned mines, operating in Cuba and Brazil, were the largest slave enterprises in the western hemisphere c. 1840. Abolitionists were, of course, outraged by the existence of London-based companies that exploited slave labour, but an attempt in 1843 to prohibit the owning of slaves by British subjects anywhere in the world, regardless of local jurisdiction, proved ineffectual. This paper explores the reasons for this failure and raises questions about the potency of abolitionism within early Victorian political culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *INTERNATIONAL business enterprises
*HISTORY of mineral industries
*HISTORY of slavery -- 19th century
*SLAVE labor
*ANTISLAVERY movements
*NINETEENTH century
*HISTORY
19TH century British colonial administration
BRITISH politics & government, 1837-1901
CUBAN history, 1810-1899
EMPIRE of Brazil
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0144039X
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Slavery & Abolition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 86214311
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0144039X.2012.709039