Christa Dierksheide
Biographic Data
| ID | 5651770 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christa Dierksheide |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christa |
| FAMILY NAME | Dierksheide |
| SIGNATURE | DIERKSHEIDE C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Schlumberger (Ireland) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond Jefferson
Beyond Jefferson
Nicholas Trist
This chapter illuminates Anglo-American competition for dominance over the Caribbean and Latin America in the early nineteenth century. As U.S. consul in Cuba, Nicholas Trist argued that preserving U.S. independence and equality in the world hinged upon limiting British influence in the Americas. He believed that British officials disguised their expansionist aims as “abolitionism” in slave trading outposts like Cuba. But as a special envoy durin…
The great improvement and civilization of that race
After the revolution Jefferson envisioned the gradual abolition of slavery, to be achieved by "amelioration." First, the slave trade would be abolished. Second, slaves and slavery would be "improved." Third, slaves would be emancipated and expatriated. But as soon as Jefferson conceded that slavery could be improved—and was a modern, dynamic institution—there seemed no need for it to be abolished
Missionaries, Evangelical Identity, and the Religious Ecology of Early Nineteenth‐Century South Carolina and the British Caribbean
This article examines a critical question that fraught contemporaries throughout the Atlantic system in the early nineteenth century: could slavery be ameliorated and, thus, by implication, could slaves be ‘improved’? Despite strong eighteenth‐century connections through trade and as provincial outposts of the British Empire, South Carolina and the British Caribbean differed markedly on this issue by the early 1800s. But the reasons for this dive…
The great improvement and civilization of that race
After the revolution Jefferson envisioned the gradual abolition of slavery, to be achieved by "amelioration." First, the slave trade would be abolished. Second, slaves and slavery would be "improved." Third, slaves would be emancipated and expatriated. But as soon as Jefferson conceded that slavery could be improved—and was a modern, dynamic institution—there seemed no need for it to be abolished
Missionaries, Evangelical Identity, and the Religious Ecology of Early Nineteenth‐Century South Carolina and the British Caribbean
This article examines a critical question that fraught contemporaries throughout the Atlantic system in the early nineteenth century: could slavery be ameliorated and, thus, by implication, could slaves be ‘improved’? Despite strong eighteenth‐century connections through trade and as provincial outposts of the British Empire, South Carolina and the British Caribbean differed markedly on this issue by the early 1800s. But the reasons for this dive…
The great improvement and civilization of that race
After the revolution Jefferson envisioned the gradual abolition of slavery, to be achieved by "amelioration." First, the slave trade would be abolished. Second, slaves and slavery would be "improved." Third, slaves would be emancipated and expatriated. But as soon as Jefferson conceded that slavery could be improved—and was a modern, dynamic institution—there seemed no need for it to be abolished
Beyond Jefferson
Beyond Jefferson
Nicholas Trist
This chapter illuminates Anglo-American competition for dominance over the Caribbean and Latin America in the early nineteenth century. As U.S. consul in Cuba, Nicholas Trist argued that preserving U.S. independence and equality in the world hinged upon limiting British influence in the Americas. He believed that British officials disguised their expansionist aims as “abolitionism” in slave trading outposts like Cuba. But as a special envoy durin…
American Constitutional Law and Politics (4 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (3 works) · History (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Race, History, and American Society (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)