Daring to be Free by Sudhir Hazareesingh - ISBN: 9781802061260
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Enslaved people’s resistance, not abolitionists, ended the Atlantic slave trade.
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Daring to be Free

Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World

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  • Paperback

    464 pages

  • Release Date

    5 January 2027

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Summary

A revelatory history of enslaved people’s resistance to Atlantic slavery, from the Wolfson Prize-winning author of Black Spartacus.

The ending of the slave trade and abolition of slavery by European powers during the 19th century is generally told as the work of enlightened liberals fighting against entrenched slaving interests in Africa, the Caribbean, and European capitals. Sudhir Hazareesingh here turns this narrative on its head, showing how the enslaved resisted their oppressors …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781802061260
ISBN-10:1802061266
Author:Sudhir Hazareesingh
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:464
Release Date:5 January 2027
Weight:344g
Dimensions:21mm x 129mm x 197mm
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Daring to be Free by Sudhir Hazareesingh - ISBN: 9781802061260
129 × 197 mm
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A4
mm / in
About The Author

Sudhir Hazareesingh

Sudhir Hazareesingh was born in Mauritius. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Balliol College, Oxford.

His books include:

  • The Legend of Napoleon (winner of the Prix du Memorial d’Ajaccio and the Prix de la Fondation Napoleon)
  • In the Shadow of the General (winner of the Prix d’Histoire du Senat)
  • How the French Think (winner of the Grand Prix du Livre d’Idees)
  • Black Spartacus (winner of the Wolfson History Prize and the American Library in Paris Award)

In 2020, he became a Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (G.C.S.K.), the highest honour of the Republic of Mauritius.

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