Debating the slave trade : rhetoric of British national identity, 1759-1815 /

Debating the slave trade : rhetoric of British national identity, 1759-1815 /

Srividhya Swaminathan examines contemporary books, pamphlets, and literary works to trace the changes in rhetorical strategies utilized by both sides of the abolitionist debate. Suggesting that the debate to abolish the slave trade helped to construct a British national identity and character, she r...

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Main Author: Swaminathan, Srividhya
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.
Series:Ashgate series in nineteenth-century transatlantic studies.
Subjects:
1700-1899
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Slavery in literature.
Antislavery movements > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Antislavery movements > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
English language > 18th century > Rhetoric.
English language > 19th century > Rhetoric.
Antislavery movements in literature.
Slave trade in literature.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
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