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After emancipation : slavery, freedom and the Victorian empire (2013)
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Oldfield, J. (2013). After emancipation : slavery, freedom and the Victorian empire. In M. Taylor (Ed.), The Victorian Empire and Britain’s Maritime World, 1837–1901 : The Sea and Global History (43-63). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137312662_3

In the 26 years between 1807 and 1833, Britain not only put an end to its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade, but also abolished slavery in the British Caribbean. These momentous events figure largely in the nation’s imagination and, indeed... Read More about After emancipation : slavery, freedom and the Victorian empire.