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Author:

Coleman, Deirdre.

Title:

Romantic colonization and British anti-slavery / Deirdre Coleman.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xv, 273 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Smeathman, Henry,--d. 1786.
Great Britain--History--Administration--History--18th century.
Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Slave trade--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Slavery--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Romanticism--Colonies.--Colonies.
Imperialism--History--18th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-260) and index.

Contents:

Henry Smeathman, imperial flycatcher and aeronaut -- The 'microscope of enthusiasm' : Swedenborgian ideas about Africa -- Rallying under the flag of empire : the Nova Scotians in Sierra Leone -- Landing place -- 'New albion' : the camp at Port Jackson -- Etiquettes of colonization and dispossession.

Series:

Cambridge studies in Romanticism 61

ISBN:

9780521632133
0521632137

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55019231

LCCN:

2004049684

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)