The Origins and Passage of Lord Aberdeen's Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2800795 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wilbur Devereux Jones (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1962 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 502 |
| Publication date | 1962-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispanic American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2168 • E-ISSN: 1527-1900 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2510041 |
| OpenAlex | W4251334347 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Mz /[ OST HISTORIANS would agree that the 4th Earl of Aberdeen was one of the most peace-loving statesmen of nineteenth-century Europe. Yet, as Prime Minister, he involved his country in the futile Crimean War, and in Latin American history he gave his name to a statute generally regarded as arbitrary at best, and, at worst, illegal, coercive, and bullying.' Leaving Aberdeen's connection with the Crimean War for treatment elsewhere, this paper is concerned with the latter incident, and will seek to show why and how Aberdeen's Act came into existence, and to clarify how a gentleman of his high character and conciliatory disposition came to be associated with it. While the Aberdeen Act dealt solely with the suppression of the Brazilian slave trade, it was closely related to two other contemporary problems-the Anglo-French intervention in the Plata region in 1845, and the Anglo-Brazilian trade negotiations of 1841-1846. Despite the interrelationship of these three themes, this presentation might be clearer if each is taken up in turn. The facts of the Plata intervention have been fairly well established.2 Brazil viewed with alarm the growth of Juan Manuel de Rosas' influence in presen-t-day Uruguay, while Britaiii andl France desired, in the interest of trade, to end the civil strife there. All three nations wanted to create a stable political regime in that area. The tensions between Brazil and Buenos Aires became so menacing in the summer of 1844 that Brazil decided to seek aid from
Economic history · Genealogy · Intervention (counseling) · Latin Americans · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Spanish Civil War · Statute · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Cuban History and Society · History · Law · Scottish History and National Identity
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |