{"product_id":"the-price-of-emancipation-nicholas-draper-9780521115254","title":"The Price of Emancipation","description":"When colonial slavery was abolished in 1833 the British government paid  20 million to slave-owners as compensation: the enslaved received nothing. Drawing on the records of the Commissioners of Slave Compensation, which represent a complete census of slave-ownership, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the extent and importance of absentee slave-ownership and its impact on British society. Moving away from the historiographical tradition of isolated case studies, it reveals the extent of slave-ownership among metropolitan elites, and identifies concentrations of both rentier and mercantile slave-holders, tracing their influence in local and national politics, in business and in institutions such as the Church. In analysing this permeation of British society by slave-owners and their success in securing compensation from the state, the book challenges conventional narratives of abolitionist Britain and provides a fresh perspective of British society and politics on the eve of the Victorian era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Draper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521115256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521115254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Nicholas Draper","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46617850380543,"sku":"9780521115254","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_561fc128-e516-46f7-8125-cf91704f960c.jpg?v=1740068499","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-price-of-emancipation-nicholas-draper-9780521115254","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}