The Mighty Experiment: Free Labor versus Slavery in British Emancipation
Seymour Drescher
This study analyses Great Britain's withdrawal from the transatlantic slave system. It argues that it was a rational social experiment and that emancipation was designed to minimise agitation on both sides of the Atlantic.
Business & EconomicsBusiness & Economics · medium confidenceBusiness & Economics51 signalsGoogle Books: Business & Economics -> Business & EconomicsKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryTopic Classifier: Slavery & Emancipation -> American HistorySlavery & EmancipationLabor, Work & OrganizingRegional & Local History
Award History
1 wins · 1 total
| Award | Year | Result | Category / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Douglass Book Prize: Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition | 2003 | Co-winner | Secondary source |