Advocates of Freedom

African American Transatlantic Abolitionism in the British Isles

Advocates of Freedom
Hannah-Rose Murray
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31 Aug 2020 UK
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9781108487511
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During the nineteenth century and especially after the Civil War, scores of black abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, Moses Roper and Ellen Craft travelled to England, Ireland, Scotland, and parts of rural Wales to educate the public on slavery. By sharing their oratorical, visual, and literary testimony to transatlantic audiences, African American activists galvanised the antislavery movement, which had severe consequences for former slaveholders, pro-slavery defenders, white racists, and ignorant publics. Their journeys highlighted not only their death-defying escapes from bondage but also their desire to speak out against slavery and white supremacy on foreign soil. Hannah-Rose Murray explores the radical transatlantic journeys formerly enslaved individuals made to the British Isles, and what light they shed on our understanding of the abolitionist movement. She uncovers the reasons why activists visited certain locations, how they adapted to the local political and social climate, and what impact their activism had on British society.
Hannah-Rose Murray is Early Career Leverhulme Research Fellow in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh, researching formerly enslaved oratorical, visual and literary testimony in the British Isles during the nineteenth century.
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ISBN-13: 9781108487511
Published: 31 Aug 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Pages: 378

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