How can the simple choice of a men's suit be a moral statement and a political act? When the suit is made of free-labor wool rather than slave-grown cotton. In Moral Commerce, Julie L. Holcomb traces the genealogy of the boycott of slave labor from its seventeenth-century Quaker origins through its late nineteenth-century decline. In their failures and in their successes, in their resilience and their persistence, antislavery consumers help us understand the possibilities and the limitations of moral commerce.
Quaker antislavery rhetoric began with protests against the slave trade before expanding to include boycotts of the use and products of slave labor. For more than one hundred years, British and American abolitionists highlighted consumers' complicity in sustaining slavery. The boycott of slave labor was the first consumer movement to transcend the boundaries of nation, gender, and race in an effort by reformers to change the conditions of production. The movement attracted a broad cross-section of abolitionists: conservative and radical, Quaker and non-Quaker, male and female, white and black.
The men and women who boycotted slave labor created diverse, biracial networks that worked to reorganize the transatlantic economy on an ethical basis. Even when they acted locally, supporters embraced a global vision, mobilizing the boycott as a powerful force that could transform the marketplace. For supporters of the boycott, the abolition of slavery was a step toward a broader goal of a just and humane economy. The boycott failed to overcome the power structures that kept slave labor in place; nonetheless, the movement's historic successes and failures have important implications for modern consumers.
--Richard Huzzey, University of Liverpool, author of Freedom Burning: Anti-Slavery and Empire in Victorian Britain "Reading Religion"
How can the simple choice of a men’s suit be a moral statement and a political act? When the suit is made of free-labor wool rather than slave-grown cotton. In Moral Commerce, Julie L. Holcomb traces the genealogy of the boycott of slave labor from its seventeenth-century Quaker origins through its late nineteenth-century decline. In their failures and in their successes, in their resilience and their persistence, antislavery consumers help us understand the possibilities and the limitations of moral commerce.
Quaker antislavery rhetoric began with protests against the slave trade before expanding to include boycotts of the use and products of slave labor. For more than one hundred years, British and American abolitionists highlighted consumers’ complicity in sustaining slavery. The boycott of slave labor was the first consumer movement to transcend the boundaries of nation, gender, and race in an effort by reformers to change the conditions of production. The movement attracted a broad cross-section of abolitionists: conservative and radical, Quaker and non-Quaker, male and female, white and black.
The men and women who boycotted slave labor created diverse, biracial networks that worked to reorganize the transatlantic economy on an ethical basis. Even when they acted locally, supporters embraced a global vision, mobilizing the boycott as a powerful force that could transform the marketplace. For supporters of the boycott, the abolition of slavery was a step toward a broader goal of a just and humane economy. The boycott failed to overcome the power structures that kept slave labor in place; nonetheless, the movement’s historic successes and failures have important implications for modern consumers.
Автор: Avery Samuel C. Название: The Carbon Boycott: A Path to Freedom from Fossil Fuels ISBN: 1476682836 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476682839 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 20330.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Calling for a technical and spiritual ground-shift, this book proposes carbon boycotts as collective action, with groups and communities changing what products they consume and seeking new ways to work, live and play to steer aggregate demand towards solar, wind, geothermal and renewable energy alternatives.
Автор: Boycott, Valerie Название: Melvin & his bright red suitcase adventu ISBN: 1528935241 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781528935241 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 8230.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Melvin, an adventurous little field mouse, builds a school for the baby fairies in their own little fairy dell with the help of his friends. Follow the adventures of Melvin in this exciting book.
Автор: Houston Karen Gray Название: Daughter of the Boycott: Carrying on a Montgomery Family`s Civil Rights Legacy ISBN: 1641603038 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781641603034 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 35680.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: In 1950, before Montgomery, Alabama, knew Martin Luther King Jr., before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger, before the city's famous bus boycott, a Negro man named Hilliard Brooks was shot and killed by a white police officer in a confrontation after he tried to board a city bus. Thomas Gray, who had played football with Hilliard when they were kids, was outraged by the unjustifiable shooting. Gray protested, eventually staging a major downtown march to register voters, and standing up to police brutality.
Five years later, he led another protest, this time against unjust treatment on the city's segregated buses. On the front lines of what became the Montgomery bus boycott, Gray withstood threats and bombings alongside his brother, Fred D. Gray, the young lawyer who represented Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the rarely mentioned Claudette Colvin, a plaintiff in the case that forced Alabama to desegregate its buses.
An incredible story of family in the pivotal years of the civil rights movement, Daughter of the Boycott is the reflection of Thomas Gray's daughter, award-winning broadcast journalist Karen Gray Houston, on how her father's and uncle's selfless actions changed the nation's racial climate and opened doors for her and countless other African Americans.
Автор: Loh-Hagan Virginia Название: Walk to Freedom: Montgomery Bus Boycott ISBN: 1534159460 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781534159464 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 34410.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Автор: Cetinkaya Dogan Название: Young Turks and the Boycott Movement ISBN: 1780764723 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780764726 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 128700.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The first decade of the twentieth century was the Ottoman Empire`s `imperial twilight`. As the Empire fell away, the beginnings of a young and radical Turkish nationalism took root in Anatolia.
Автор: Loh-Hagan Virginia Название: Walk to Freedom: Montgomery Bus Boycott ISBN: 1534161767 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781534161764 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 13070.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Автор: Leo McKinstry Название: Geoff Boycott ISBN: 0007196938 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007196937 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 10550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Few modern British sportsmen have fascinated the public more than Geoff Boycott. In this first comprehensive and balanced account of Boycott`s life - fully updated to include his battle against cancer - award-winning author Leo McKinstry lifts the lid on one of cricket`s great enigmatic characters.
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