ebooks Islam and the Political: Theory; Governance and International Relations (Decolonial Studies; Postcolonial Horizons) by Amr G. E. Sabet in History

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Detailing the Anti-Slave Trade Act; which became a law in 1807 and made the capture and transport of slaves by British subjects illegal; this study examines the story of the slave trade in the British Empire and investigates the movement to bring it to an end. Subjects covered include the history of slavery; the brutality of the slave trade; resistance by slaves; importance of slave trade to the British economy; the roots of the anti-slave trade society; the strategies of the movement; the push for abolition; and the legacies of the slave trade.