Why was Slavery not Abolished in 1798?
The ‘problem of slavery’ was an important moral issue in the eighteenth-century Dutch enlightened press, but the increase in publications on this topic did not lead to any serious attempts to abolish the practice. This seemed to change during the Batavian Revolution, when abolition was briefly d...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024-04-01
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| Series: | BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review |
| Online Access: | https://bmgn-lchr.nl/article/view/12807 |