Proslavery Britain Fighting for Slavery in an Era of Abolition
The history of British abolition and the fight to end Britain's participation in two long- standing practices, slaveholding and slave trading, have inspired generations of academic study. Countless historians, beginning with the abolitionist Thomas Clarks
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Fighting for Slavery in an Era of Abolition
Paula E. Dumas
Proslavery Britain
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Proslavery Britain Fighting for Slavery in an Era of Abolition
Paula E. Dumas
Palgrave macmillan
PROSLAVERY BRITAIN
Copyright © Paula E. Dumas 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-57820-4 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500, New York, NY 10004-1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. ISBN 978-1-349-72066-8 E-PDF ISBN: 978–1–137–55858–9 DOI: 10.1057/9781137558589
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Dumas, Paula E., author. Title: Proslavery Britain : fighting for slavery in an era of abolition / Paula E. Dumas. Description: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2015027478 | (hardback : alkaline paper) Subjects: LCSH: Slavery—Great Britain—Justification. | Slavery—Great Britain—History—19th century. | Abolitionists—Great Britain— History—19th century. | Antislavery movements—Great Britain— History—19th century. Classification: LCC HT1163 .D86 2016 | DDC 306.3/62094109034—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015027478 A catalogue record for the book is available from the British Library.
C o n t e n ts
List of Figures
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Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
1
1 The Proslavery Position
9
2 Proslavery in Print
51
3 Proslavery Arts and Culture
89
4 Proslavery Politics and the Slave Trade
115
5 Proslavery Politics after Abolition
143
Conclusion
163
Notes
167
Bibliography
199
Index
217
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Figures
3.1 Philanthropic Consolations after the loss of the Slave Bill 3.2 John Bull Taking a Clear View of the Negro Slavery Question
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Ac k n ow l e d g m e n ts
My road to uncovering the existence of a proslavery Britain began with a single question that I asked in a graduate seminar
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