Ireland, Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Empire

by Fionnghuala Sweeney

Although the significance of transatlantic currents of influence on slavery and abolition in the Americas has received substantial scholarly attention, the focus has tended to be largely on the British transatlantic, or on the effects of American racial politics on the emergence of Irish American political identity in the US. The specifics of Ireland's role as a transnational hub of anti-slavery literary and political activity, and as deeply imbricated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367590263
• ISBN13: 9780367590260
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.7" x 9.5"