Moral Capital: Foundations of British Abolitionism
Christopher Brown
"Revisiting the origins of the British antislavery movement of the late eighteenth century, Christopher Leslie Brown challenges prevailing scholarly arguments that locate the roots of abolitionism in economic determinism or bourgeois humanitarianism. Brown instead connects the shift from sentiment to action to changing views of empire and nation in Britain, particularly the anxieties and dislocations spurred by the American Revolution"--P. [4] of cover.
Award History
2 wins · 2 total
| Award | Year | Result | Category / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Douglass Book Prize: Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition | 2007 | Winner | Secondary source |
| American Historical Association Book Prizes: James A. Rawley Prize in Atlantic History | 2006 | Winner | Official source |
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02 Central places
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03 Suggested argument
Brown argues that British abolitionism’s late-eighteenth-century shift from sentiment to action was driven by changing British views of empire and nation, especially anxieties and dislocations from the American Revolution, not economic determinism or bourgeois humanitarianism.
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04 Reading orientation
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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 62%.