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Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation
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Author:
Kris Manjapra
Publisher:
Scribner
Date:
April 19, 2022
To understand why the shadow of slavery still haunts society today, we must not only look at what slavery was, but also the unfinished way it ended. One may think of 'emancipation' as a finale, leading to a new age of human rights and universal freedoms. But in reality, emancipations everywhere were incomplete. Manjapra identifies five types of emancipation--explaining them in chronological order--along with the lasting impact these transitions had on formerly enslaved groups around the Atlantic.
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... important.
Though Manjapra ranges widely across the history of the 19th century, he suffuses the narrative with vivid and often enraging details.
A worthy contribution to the controversial discussions around how to compensate for crimes past and present..
