Rites of August First: Emancipation Day in the Black Atlantic World

By J.R. Kerr-Ritchie and Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie

Book Overview

Thirty years before Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, the antislavery movement won its first victory in the British Parliament. On August 1, 1834, the Abolition of Slavery Bill took... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807132322
• ISBN13: 9780807132326
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"