Slave Law and the Politics of Resistance in the Early Atlantic World

Edward Rugemer's comparative history, spanning 200 years, reveals the political dynamic between slaves' resistance and slaveholders' power in two prosperous slave economies: Jamaica and South Carolina. This struggle led to the abolition of slavery through a law of British Parliament in one case and through violent civil war in the other.

Istoria comparativa a lui Edward Rugemer, care se intinde pe 200 de ani, dezvaluie dinamica politica dintre rezistenta sclavilor si puterea detinatorilor de sclavi in doua economii prospere de sclavi: Jamaica si Carolina de Sud. Aceasta lupta a dus la abolirea sclaviei printr-o lege a Parlamentului britanic intr-un caz si prin razboi civil violent in celalalt.