Women Against Slavery: The British Campaigns, 1780-1870 - Hardcover

Midgley, Clare

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415066697 ISBN 13: 9780415066693

Publisher: Routledge, 1992

Synopsis

This comprehensive study of women anti-slavery campaigners fills a serious gap in the history of anti-slavery and women. Covering all stages of the anti-slavery campaign, Women Against Slavery uses hitherto neglected sources to build up a vivid picture of the lives, words and actions of the women who were involved. It examines the extent of women's involvement, looks at the type of women who became activists and considers the distinctive contribution that they made to the organization, activities, policy and ideology of the movement. The close links between British and American women, which were central to the transatlantic abolitionist network, are explored.
Clare Midgley's discussion moves outwards to analyse the impact that participation had on women's lives: particularly in terms of their social roles, and their attitudes to politics and public life. Exploring the vital role played by gender in shaping the movement as a whole, this book makes an important contribution to the debate on gender and 'race'.

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Review

"The scope of this careful and scholarly study makes it very useful for expanding the inclusion of women and social history in nineteenth-century world history."
-"Journal of World History, Fall 1997
"Thoroughly researched and impressively argued, this book contributes a great deal to our understanding of the gendered and dichotomous nature of British abolitionism. Midgley has provided nineteenth century scholars with a thought provoking study which deserves an audience beyond those specialists for whom it will be essential reading."
-"The Victorian Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415066697
• ISBN 13: 9780415066693
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 281