In the Blood of Our Brothers: Abolitionism and the End of the Slave Trade in Spain's Atlantic Empire, 1800-1870

by Jesús Sanjurjo

Finalist for the Paul E. Lovejoy Book Prize

Details the abolition of the slave trade in the Atlantic World to the 1860s

Throughout the nineteenth century, very few people in Spain campaigned to stop the slave trade and did even less to abolish slavery. Even when some supported abolition, the reasons that moved them were not always humanitarian, liberal, or egalitarian. How abolitionist ideas were received, shaped, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817321055
• ISBN13: 9780817321055
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.1" x 6.3"