Slavery and the Scottish Enlightenment - John D. O. Fulton

Slavery and the Scottish Enlightenment

By: John D. O. Fulton

Hardcover | 1 September 2024

At a Glance

Hardcover


RRP $75.99

$53.50

30%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $13.38 with

 or 

Aims to ship in 5 to 10 business days

When will this arrive by?
Enter delivery postcode to estimate

Explores how slavery became institutionalized in Britain, its impact on the Scottish Enlightenment, and the key figures and moral struggles involved in the abolition movement.

How did the evil nature of slavery become enshrined in law in Great Britain? What drove the change in public perception? What were the key victories on the journey to abolition and who were the key players? What is to prevent a similar evil gaining acceptance again today? Just as Britain's industrial development in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries was built largely on the back of slave labor, so too was the development of new ideas and values, shaped by the moral dilemmas arising from the shameful act of denying people their liberty. The story of the Scottish Enlightenment is entwined with that of slavery and the slave trade. In fifteen stories set between 1720 and 1865 in Britain, Africa, the Caribbean and America, Slavery and the Scottish Enlightenment introduces a diverse cast of characters, both white and black, whose moral viewpoints and active choices between right and wrong helped shape the world in which they lived. As the legacy of slavery continues to infect our lives, we face similar choices today - choices that will determine the ever-evolving values of our society.

More in Specific Events & Topics in History

We Do Not Part - Han Kang

RRP $35.00

$31.75

The Catalpa Rescue - Peter FitzSimons

RRP $36.99

$33.25

10%
OFF
Junior Atlas of Indigenous Australia - Macquarie Dictionary

RRP $39.99

$27.80

30%
OFF
Dark Emu : Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture - Bruce Pascoe
History of Western Philosophy : Routledge Classics - Bertrand Russell
Normal Women : 900 Years Of Making History - Philippa Gregory
The Choice : A true story of hope - Edith Eger

RRP $24.99

$23.75

Colonialism : A Moral Reckoning - Nigel Biggar

RRP $34.99

$31.75