Autocratic Abolitionists

Tsarist Russian Anti-slavery Campaigns

Bibliographic Data

ID20046630
AuthorsMegan Dean Farah (corresponding author)
Year2013
Pages97-116
Publication date2013-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueGlobal History of Anti-Slavery Politics in the Nineteenth Century (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781137032607_6
OpenAlexW2342473659
ISBN9781137032607
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

The history of anti-slavery politics in nineteenth-century Russia is intimately connected with the evolution of the Russian autocracy. The country's history of abolitionism differs from the majority of other national case studies because the Russian autocracy did not permit an independent abolitionist movement or the establishment of related international networks. The drive to abolish serfdom in Russia and to eradicate the slave trade in the Caucasus and Central Asia came directly from the autocracy itself. Nineteenth-century Russian rulers carefully conferred rights upon subjects, fearing disorder associated with initiatives from below. Even though the autocracy restricted independent political movements in Russia, serfdom inspired heated debates among generations of educated Russians. These debates later furthered the patriotic fervour of Russian conservatives, who would champion the country's obligation to liberate slaves across its expanding empire in the late nineteenth century

Ancient history · Autocracy · Democracy · Economic history · Empire · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Russian history · Serfdom · Sociology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law

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