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'Chords of freedom' : commemoration, ritual, and British transatlantic slavery (2007)
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Oldfield, J. (2007). 'Chords of freedom' : commemoration, ritual, and British transatlantic slavery. Manchester University Press

How should we as Britons remember transatlantic slavery? How has slavery been remembered in the past? 'Chords of freedom' sets out to answer these questions and, in doing so, traces the way in which British transatlantic slavery has been absorbed int... Read More about 'Chords of freedom' : commemoration, ritual, and British transatlantic slavery.

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. 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.