| Uniform title | Indemniser les planteurs pour abolir l'esclavage. English |
| Series |
European expansion & global interaction ; volume 10
European expansion and global interaction ; v. 10. ^A627155
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| Contents |
Introduction. Compensation as a driving force for abolition -- Compensation: an issue at the heart of a democratic debate -- Between legalism and humanism: compensation for eminent domain? -- Compensation's economic and social dimension: compensation as aid -- Compensation's political side: a means of ensuring colonial cooperation. |
| Abstract |
"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." --publisher's description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-276) and index. |
| Language | Translated from the French. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2016026107 |
| ISBN | 9781785333316 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1785333313 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
