Over the coming weeks, students taking this module will be spending much of their time researching and preparing group presentations on the following key themes, focusing in particular on how historians have approached and interpreted these.<\/p>\n
These are the themes\u00a0(with\u00a0introductory reading freely accessible online):<\/p>\n
1. Slave communities and resistance<\/strong><\/p>\n How can we find out about slave communities, what was resistance, what forms could it take and how did it change over time?<\/p>\n Zacek, N. \u2018Reading the rebels: currents of slave resistance in the eighteenth-century British West Indies\u2019 (2007): http:\/\/www.history.ac.uk\/ihr\/Focus\/Slavery\/articles\/zacek.html<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. Britain and slavery<\/strong><\/p>\n How was Britain changed by having slave colonies in the Caribbean, what was their \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 economic contribution and how did they shape British society or culture?<\/p>\n Dresser, M. and A. Hann (eds), Slavery and the British Country House<\/em> (2013): \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/bit.ly\/1kYhlnn<\/a>, especially 13-16.<\/p>\n BBC, \u2018How Many Britons are Descended from Slave-owners?\u2019 (2013): \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-21601374<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3. The rise of abolitionism<\/strong><\/p>\n Why was there an abolition movement, how can we account for the timing of its rise and what factors were necessary in order for it to gain popularity and succeed?<\/p>\n BBC, \u2018Abolition\u2019 (2014): http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/british\/abolition\/<\/a><\/p>\n Walvin, J. \u2018Abolishing the Slave Trade\u2019 (2007): http:\/\/www.history.ac.uk\/ihr\/Focus\/Slavery\/articles\/walvin.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over the coming weeks, students taking this module will be spending much of their time researching and preparing group presentations on the following key themes, focusing in particular on how historians have approached and interpreted these. These are the themes\u00a0(with\u00a0introductory … Continue reading