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Author Whyte, Iain

Title Zachary Macaulay 1768-1838 : the Steadfast Scot in the British Anti-Slavery Movement
Published Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (280 pages)
Series Liverpool Studies in International Slavery, 5
Liverpool Studies in International Slavery, 5
Contents Cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Chronology; Introduction; 1 From Inverary to the Sierra Leone River; 2 Slave Traders and French Invaders; 3 Captive in Love-to Selina Mills; 4 The Trials of the Governor; 5 Caught in a Multitude of Tasks; 6 Clapham, Family and Friends; 7 Attempting to Win France for Abolition; 8 'Let Us Look it Up in Macaulay'-The Anti-Slavery Arms Manufacturer; 9 Commerce and Conflict; 10 Triumph and Tragedy on the Path to Glory; 11 As Others Saw Him-As We Might Assess Him
Summary Zachary Macaulay was the 'engineer' of the anti-slavery movement in Britain, never an orator or organiser of meetings but through careful research and publication of the facts, providing the vital resources for the parliamentary and public campaign
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Macaulay, Zachary, 1768-1838.
SUBJECT Macaulay, Zachary, 1768-1838 fast
Macaulay, Zachary 1768-1838 gnd
Subject Abolitionists -- Scotland -- Biography
Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery.
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Abolitionismus
Great Britain
Scotland
Großbritannien
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781846317057
1846317053
9781781388471
1781388474