Outputs (173)

The London Committee and mobilization of public opinion against the slave trade (1992)
Journal Article
Oldfield, J. R. (1992). The London Committee and mobilization of public opinion against the slave trade. The Historical journal, 35(2), 331-343. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X00025826

During the late eighteenth century organized anti-slavery, in the shape of the campaign to end the African slave trade (1787–1807), became an unavoidable feature of political life in Britain. Drawing on previously unpublished material in the Josiah W... Read More about The London Committee and mobilization of public opinion against the slave trade.

The protestant episcopal church, black nationalists, and expansion of the west african missionary field, 1851–1871 (1988)
Journal Article
Oldfield, J. R. (1988). The protestant episcopal church, black nationalists, and expansion of the west african missionary field, 1851–1871. Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture, 57(1), 31-45. https://doi.org/10.2307/3165901

One of the most boldly conceived assaults on benighted Africa during the nineteenth century was that undertaken by mainline Protestant denominations in the United States. With the brash confidence characteristic of the age, hundreds of American missi... Read More about The protestant episcopal church, black nationalists, and expansion of the west african missionary field, 1851–1871.

Slavery, abolition and empire
Book Chapter
Oldfield, J. R. Slavery, abolition and empire. In F. Rosen (Ed.), Empire and dissent: the United States and Latin America. The University of Hull