Add to ORKGHistorical discourse has long existed around the causes behind the abolition of the British slave trade in the late 18th century, with the explanations of economic motivation and a buildup of moral capital most commonly being given credence in modern discussion. However, when examining the arguments made for abolition during that time one can see that morality rooted in Christian beliefs was a key feature of the abolitionists themselves, regardless of social or economic background. This project demonstrates the importance that Christian morality played in the struggle for British abolition of the slave trade, particularly in how it influenced people from all walks of life
When the nineteenth century dawned, Great Britain�s trade with Africa was practically identical with...
Evangelical moralism was the ideological foundation of the southern defense of slavery between 1830 ...
Why the preoccupation with public morality amongst the dominant forms of Christianity in contemporar...
Historical discourse has long existed around the causes behind the abolition of the British slave tr...
The British did not initiate, but they came to dominate the Atlantic slave trade. Few expressed mora...
Slavery existed in most ancient cultures and continues to exist indirectly in some societies in its ...
Slavery existed in most ancient cultures and continues to exist indirectly in some societies in its ...
This article investigates the emergence of modern forms of humanitarianism by focusing on the early ...
Historians have considered a variety of possible reasons for the British Abolition of the slave trad...
This thesis explores the late-eighteenth-century movement to end Britain’s transatlantic slave trade...
In the early 1790s more than 300,000 Britons boycotted West Indian sugar in one of the most impressi...
This essay will examine the numerous ways in which Christianity influenced the enslaved community’s ...
This work will explore the different relationships the white slave owners of Antebellum America and ...
The world view articulated by pro-slavery thinkers in the American south during the antebellum perio...
Slavery in the United States is an area in history that has been thoroughly researched and interpret...
When the nineteenth century dawned, Great Britain�s trade with Africa was practically identical with...
Evangelical moralism was the ideological foundation of the southern defense of slavery between 1830 ...
Why the preoccupation with public morality amongst the dominant forms of Christianity in contemporar...
Historical discourse has long existed around the causes behind the abolition of the British slave tr...
The British did not initiate, but they came to dominate the Atlantic slave trade. Few expressed mora...
Slavery existed in most ancient cultures and continues to exist indirectly in some societies in its ...
Slavery existed in most ancient cultures and continues to exist indirectly in some societies in its ...
This article investigates the emergence of modern forms of humanitarianism by focusing on the early ...
Historians have considered a variety of possible reasons for the British Abolition of the slave trad...
This thesis explores the late-eighteenth-century movement to end Britain’s transatlantic slave trade...
In the early 1790s more than 300,000 Britons boycotted West Indian sugar in one of the most impressi...
This essay will examine the numerous ways in which Christianity influenced the enslaved community’s ...
This work will explore the different relationships the white slave owners of Antebellum America and ...
The world view articulated by pro-slavery thinkers in the American south during the antebellum perio...
Slavery in the United States is an area in history that has been thoroughly researched and interpret...
When the nineteenth century dawned, Great Britain�s trade with Africa was practically identical with...
Evangelical moralism was the ideological foundation of the southern defense of slavery between 1830 ...
Why the preoccupation with public morality amongst the dominant forms of Christianity in contemporar...