Rational Dissent, Enlightenment, and Abolition of the British Slave Trade
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8958189 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony Page (0000-0003-4240-4292, University of Tasmania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 741-772 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x11000227 |
| OpenAlex | W2123182842 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 67 |
Following British abolition of the slave trade in 1807, the origins and nature of popular abolitionism have been much debated among historians. Traditionally, religion was seen as the driving force, with an emphasis on the role of Quakers and evangelicals, whilst in the twentieth century social historians began to stress the importance of economic and social change. This article revises both interpretations by helping to recover and analyse the abolitionism of enlightened Rational Dissenters. Legal inequality and their ‘rational piety’ encouraged heterodox Dissenters to become active in a wide range of reformist causes. Owing to evangelical dominance in the nineteenth century, however, the role of Rational Dissenters was marginalized in histories of abolitionism. Recovering Rational Dissenting abolitionism underlines the importance of religion in the campaign against the slave trade. Since Rational Dissent was to a large extent a religion of the commercial classes, this article also sheds light on the hotly debated relationship between capitalism and abolition
Abolitionism · Capitalism · Dissent · Dissenting opinion · Enlightenment · Piety · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment
Staying power
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Conservative Enlightenment and Democratic Revolutions
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |