Daring to be Free by Sudhir Hazareesingh - ISBN: 9781802061260
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Enslaved resistance, not abolitionists, drove the end of slavery.
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Daring to be Free

Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World

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    464 pages

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    5 January 2027

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Summary

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 from the earliest years of the Atlantic slave trade in the 16th century until the abolition of slavery in the United States in 1865, and how…

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:500g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 35mm
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 Mémorial d’Ajaccio and the Prix de la Fondation Napoléon), In the Shadow of the General (winner of the Prix d’Histoire du Sénat), How the French Think (winner of the Grand Prix du Livre d’Idées), and 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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