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Transatlantic abolitionism in the age of revolution: an international history of anti-slavery, c.1787-1820 (2011)
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Oldfield, J. R. (2011). Transatlantic abolitionism in the age of revolution: an international history of anti-slavery, c.1787-1820. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139344272

Transatlantic Abolitionism in the Age of Revolution offers a fresh exploration of anti-slavery debates in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It challenges traditional perceptions of early anti-slavery activity as an entirely parochia... Read More about Transatlantic abolitionism in the age of revolution: an international history of anti-slavery, c.1787-1820.

Popular politics and British anti-slavery: The mobilisation of public opinion against the slave trade 1787-1807 (1998)
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Oldfield, J. R. (1998). Popular politics and British anti-slavery: The mobilisation of public opinion against the slave trade 1787-1807. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203061794

In 1792, 400,000 people put their signature to petitions calling for the abolition of the slaves trade. This work explains how this remarkable expression of support for black people was organized and orchestrated, and how it contributed to the growth... Read More about Popular politics and British anti-slavery: The mobilisation of public opinion against the slave trade 1787-1807.