Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition in the Transatlantic World

The Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition in the Transatlantic World focuses on the intellectual, political, social, and religious foundations of emancipation. In so doing, it necessarily complicates and contributes nuance and depth to the existing scholarly record on slavery and abolition.

Comprising three volumes, the work contains over 400 articles contributed by over 100 experts in the field. Most entries conclude with references to Further Reading. In addition, a brief chronology of events occurring from the early sixteenth century to the year 1888 relevant to the history of emancipation and abolition, as well as an extensive bibliography, supplement the entire...