Between Blood and Gold: The Debates Over Compensation for Slavery in the Americas
Frédérique Beauvois, Andrene Everson (translator)
Today, a century and a half after the abolition of slavery across most of the Americas, the idea of monetary reparations for former slaves and their descendants continues to be a controversial one. Lost among these debates, however, is the fact that such payments were widespread in the nineteenth century-except the "victims" were not slaves, but the slaveholders deprived of their labor. This landmark comparative study analyzes the debates over compensation within France and Great Britain. It lays out in unprecedented detail the philosophical, legal-political, and economic factors at play, establishing a powerful new model for understanding the aftermath of slavery in the Americas.
年:
2017
出版:
ebook
出版社:
Berghahn Books
语言:
english
页:
390
ISBN 10:
1785333321
ISBN 13:
9781785333323
系列:
European Expansion & Global Interaction 10
文件:
PDF, 3.65 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2017