The History of Abolition: A Global Interplay of Events

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

7 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

04/19/2008

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

International relations

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Summary :

Introduction
Exposing the roots of the 19th century European context
The debate regarding Britain's reasons for abolishing slavery
The Arab world: No stranger to the concept of slavery
Abolitionist movements in European states
The Arab world: The concept of emancipation
The 'material' side of the debate
The moral and economic arguments in favor of the abolishment of slavery
David Turley's analysis of Abolitionist propaganda points
Conclusion
Works cited

Abstract

Historical phenomena such as the abolition of slavery cannot be explained by isolating them from the larger global context that created the conditions for their existence. In his chapter titled Whose abolition? Popular Pressure and the Ending of the British Slave Trade, Seymor Drescher states: "The principal issues now revolve around the causal weight to be ascribed to different long-term and short-term variables, and the significance of countervailing tensions and ecological constraints on actors, timing and outcome" (p. 137). Thus, following Drescher's example, examining the causal relationships between various variables and drawing parallels between different ancient and modern societies' views on the role of slavery, its spread and eventual demise, as well the relationship between European economic, political and social changes, is the optimal starting point in understanding the European, and most notably the British, anti-slavery context and the reasons that brought about it. history is a continuum, comprised of actions and reactions and the abolishment of slavery is the result of one such global interplay of events.

key words- slavery, 19th century, Olatunji Ojo , slave-trade relations, africa, abolitionist movements , British Abolitionism , Islamic and Judea-Christian traditions, nondiscriminatory nature.