‘A deep interest in your cause’: the inter-American sphere of black abolitionism and civil rights
This article argues that black men and women activists from the Caribbean and South America made key contributions to the US abolitionist, civil rights and women’s rights campaigns in the mid-nineteenth century. It does so by examining three case studies of Boston and New York-based activists from B...
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ftleedsuniv:oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:169123 2023-05-15T17:32:19+02:00 ‘A deep interest in your cause’: the inter-American sphere of black abolitionism and civil rights Belton, L 2021 text https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/169123/ https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/169123/5/Author%20accepted%20manuscript%20-%20Lloyd%20Belton.pdf en eng Routledge https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/169123/5/Author%20accepted%20manuscript%20-%20Lloyd%20Belton.pdf Belton, L (2021) ‘A deep interest in your cause’: the inter-American sphere of black abolitionism and civil rights. Slavery & Abolition, 42 (3). pp. 589-609. ISSN 0144-039X Article NonPeerReviewed 2021 ftleedsuniv 2023-01-30T22:35:16Z This article argues that black men and women activists from the Caribbean and South America made key contributions to the US abolitionist, civil rights and women’s rights campaigns in the mid-nineteenth century. It does so by examining three case studies of Boston and New York-based activists from Brazil, Haiti and Jamaica. Using diverse primary sources from across the Americas, including court transcripts, abolitionist society minutes, and newspaper correspondence, it also demonstrates how these activists created unique inter-American dialogues on slavery, emancipation, segregation, racism, and gender between black communities in the Americas. In doing so, this article challenges current Anglo-American and North Atlantic biases in the historiography of transnational black abolitionism and civil rights, and instead shifts our attention to the inter-American sphere of black activism. Lastly, it also contributes to discussions around silence in the study of black activists during this period. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic White Rose Research Online (Universities of Leeds, Sheffield & York) |
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This article argues that black men and women activists from the Caribbean and South America made key contributions to the US abolitionist, civil rights and women’s rights campaigns in the mid-nineteenth century. It does so by examining three case studies of Boston and New York-based activists from Brazil, Haiti and Jamaica. Using diverse primary sources from across the Americas, including court transcripts, abolitionist society minutes, and newspaper correspondence, it also demonstrates how these activists created unique inter-American dialogues on slavery, emancipation, segregation, racism, and gender between black communities in the Americas. In doing so, this article challenges current Anglo-American and North Atlantic biases in the historiography of transnational black abolitionism and civil rights, and instead shifts our attention to the inter-American sphere of black activism. Lastly, it also contributes to discussions around silence in the study of black activists during this period. |
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https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/169123/5/Author%20accepted%20manuscript%20-%20Lloyd%20Belton.pdf Belton, L (2021) ‘A deep interest in your cause’: the inter-American sphere of black abolitionism and civil rights. Slavery & Abolition, 42 (3). pp. 589-609. ISSN 0144-039X |
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