Freedom Burning: Anti-Slavery and Empire in Victorian Britain

by Richard Huzzey

After Britain abolished slavery throughout most of its empire in 1834, Victorians adopted a creed of "anti-slavery" as a vital part of their national identity and sense of moral superiority to other civilizations. The British government used diplomacy, pressure, and violence to suppress the slave trade, while the Royal Navy enforced abolition worldwide and an anxious public debated the true responsibilities of an anti-slavery nation. This crusade...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801451086
• ISBN13: 9780801451089
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher