The Development of an English Antislavery Identity in the Eighteenth Century

This thesis explores the growth of antislavery sentiment in the English-speaking world during the eighteenth century. I examine the institutional processes, transatlantic discourses, and ideological schema with which individuals and groups reformulated their identities as a means of extricating them...

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Main Author:	Hyatt, John Gilbert
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Published:	Scholarship @ Claremont 2016
Subjects:	Annales School England Abolitionism Eighteenth Century History of Mentalities The American Revolution Cultural History European History Intellectual History
Online Access:	http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1367 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2436&context=cmc_theses

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spelling	ndltd-CLAREMONT-oai-scholarship.claremont.edu-cmc_theses-24362016-05-27T03:28:34Z The Development of an English Antislavery Identity in the Eighteenth Century Hyatt, John Gilbert This thesis explores the growth of antislavery sentiment in the English-speaking world during the eighteenth century. I examine the institutional processes, transatlantic discourses, and ideological schema with which individuals and groups reformulated their identities as a means of extricating themselves from slavery's various social, economic, and ethical implications. I argue that abolitionism in England is best understood as the cumulative outcome to a series of identity reconstructions, and that a Histoire des Mentalités, as drawn from the Annales School, is an apt methodology for unmasking the structural underpinnings of an antislavery identity. 2016-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1367 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2436&context=cmc_theses © 2016 John G. Hyatt CMC Senior Theses Scholarship @ Claremont Annales School England Abolitionism Eighteenth Century History of Mentalities The American Revolution Cultural History European History Intellectual History
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description	This thesis explores the growth of antislavery sentiment in the English-speaking world during the eighteenth century. I examine the institutional processes, transatlantic discourses, and ideological schema with which individuals and groups reformulated their identities as a means of extricating themselves from slavery's various social, economic, and ethical implications. I argue that abolitionism in England is best understood as the cumulative outcome to a series of identity reconstructions, and that a Histoire des Mentalités, as drawn from the Annales School, is an apt methodology for unmasking the structural underpinnings of an antislavery identity.
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The Development of an English Antislavery Identity in the Eighteenth Century

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