The White Slaves of England - Couverture souple

Cobden, Cobden

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1313639737 ISBN 13 : 9781313639736

Editeur : HardPress Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

General Slavery proceeding from the existence of the British Aristocracy. 5. CHAPTER II. Slavery in the British Mines. 11. CHAPTER III. Slavery in the British Factories. 46. CHAPTER IV. Slavery in the British Workshops. 80. CHAPTER V. The Workhouse System of Britain. 99. CHAPTER VI. Impressment, or Kidnapping White Men for Slaves in the Naval Service. 124. CHAPTER VII. Irish Slavery. 138. CHAPTER VIII. The Menial Slaves of Great Britain. 182. CHAPTER IX. Mental and Moral Condition of the White Slaves in Great Britain. 185. CHAPTER X. Coolie Slavery in the British Colonies. 211. CHAPTER XI. Slavery in British India. 215. CHAPTER XII. The Crime and the Duty of the English Government. 238. What is slavery? A system under which the time and toil of one person are compulsorily the property of another. The power of life and death, and the privilege of using the lash in the master, are not essential, but casual attendants of slavery, which comprehends all involuntary servitude without adequate recompense or the means of escape. He who can obtain no property in the soil, and is not represented in legislation, is a slave; for he is completely at the mercy of the lord of the soil and the holder of the reins of government. Sometimes slavery is founded upon the inferiority of one race to another; and then it appears in its most agreeable garb, for the system may be necessary to tame and civilize a race of savages. But the subjection of the majority of a nation to an involuntary, hopeless, exhausting, and demoralizing servitude, for the benefit of an idle and luxurious few of the same nation, is slavery in its most appalling form. Such a system of slavery, we assert, existed in Great Britain.

Biographie de l'auteur

"Race is not particularly interesting to me. Power is. Who has power and who doesn't. Slavery interests me because it's an incredible violation that has not stopped. It's necessary to talk about that. Race is a diversion". Jamaica Kincaid

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HardPress Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1313639737
• ISBN 13: 9781313639736
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 540
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible