Abstract
Taking the theme of “abolition” as its point of departure, this collection of essays builds on the significant growth in scholarship on unfree labour in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds during the past two decades. The essays revisit some of the persistent problems posed by the traditional comparative literature on slavery and indentured labour and identify new and exciting areas for future research.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 297-301 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Atlantic Studies : Global Currents |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Jul 2020 |
Bibliographical note
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Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the authors for their contributions to this special issue, the external reviewers, and the participants in the conference “Comparative Abolition in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans” held at the University of Leeds in 2017 under the auspices of a BA/Leverhulme Small Grant.Funding
This work was supported by WRoCAH AHRC Doctoral Studentship: [Grant Number 2014-2018]; Cardiff University Darlithwyr Disglair Scheme: [Grant Number 2020-2021]; University of Leeds' Faculty of Arts PGR Research Impact Grant: [Grant Number 2017].
Keywords
- abolition
- Atlantic world
- Indian Ocean
- slave trade
- slavery
- unfree labour
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cultural Studies
- History
- Literature and Literary Theory