Table of contents for Jane Austen in the context of abolition : "a fling at the slave trade" / Gabrielle D.V. White.
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Acknowledgements * Preface * 'We Have No Slaves at Home- Then Why Abroad?' * PART ONE: THE CHAWTON NOVELS * Mansfield Park: Absenteeism, Autonomy and the Slave Trade * Emma: Autonomy and Abolition * Persuasion: Radical Change and the Royal Navy * PART TWO: THE CONTEXT IN WHICH JANE AUSTEN WROTE THE CHAWTON NOVELS * Some Philosophers on Race and Slavery: Opposing Viewpoints * Abolitionist Influences on Jane Austen: Some Possibilities * Conclusion * Appendix 1: On Colonialisation: Samuel Johnson The Idler, 1759 * Appendix 2: Arguement against Slavery: Samuel Johnson, 1777 * Appendix 3: William Cowper's 1785 The Task: Extract quoted by Thomas Clarkson, 1807 * Notes * Bibliography * Index
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
Austen, Jane, -- 1775-1817 -- Political and social views.
Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Political fiction, English -- History and criticism.
Slave trade in literature.
Slavery in literature.