In the two decades before World War One; Great Britain witnessed the largest revival of anti-slavery protest since the legendary age of emancipation in the mid-nineteenth century. Rather than campaigning against the trans-Atlantic slave trade; these latter-day abolitionists focused on the so-called 'new slaveries' of European imperialism in Africa; condemning coercive systems of labor taxation and indentured servitude; as well as evidence of atrocities. A Civilized Savagery illuminates the multifaceted nature of British humanitarianism by juxtaposing campaigns against different forms of imperial labor exploitation in three separate areas: the Congo Free State; South Africa; and Portuguese West Africa. In doing so; Kevin Grant points out how this new type of humanitarianism influenced the transition from Empire to international government and the advent of universal human rights in subsequent decades.
#4567057 in Books 2013-09-28Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.90 x .50 x 6.00l; .0 #File Name: 0415895677240 pages
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