Moral Capital: Foundations of British Abolitionism (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press) Cover
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Moral Capital Foundations of British Abolitionism (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press)

Christopher Leslie Brown

Revisiting the origins of the British antislavery movement of the late eighteenth century, Christopher Leslie Brown challenges prevailing scholarly arguments that locate the roots of abolitionism in economic determinism or bourgeois humanitarianism. Brown instead connects the shift from sentiment to...

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The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

Ezra called it the single best book he knows of on the abolitionist campaign and highlighted its influence on his thinking about moral progress.

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The first is Moral Capital by Christopher Leslie Brown, which I mentioned earlier. It's just the single best book that I know of on interpretation of the abolitionist campaign for the end of slavery.

— Episode: Three Sentences That Could Change the Wo...

Episode: Three Sentences That Could Change the World — and...

Ezra called it the single best book he knows of on the abolitionist campaign and highlighted its influence on his thinking about moral progress.

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The first is Moral Capital by Christopher Leslie Brown, which I mentioned earlier. It's just the single best book that I know of on interpretation of the abolitionist campaign for the end of slavery.

He argues that the, in particular, American War of Independence, created this moment of plasticity for how Britain ... using abolition of slavery as a way of ... moral capital

Empire: World History

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Empire: World History

The hosts highlighted it as a major work on the slave trade, noting its significance in the discussion.

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One of the great books about the slave trade is Moral Capital by the American historian Christopher Leslie Brown.

— Episode: 66. Wilberforce and the Fight for Freedo...

Episode: 66. Wilberforce and the Fight for Freedom

The hosts highlighted it as a major work on the slave trade, noting its significance in the discussion.

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One of the great books about the slave trade is Moral Capital by the American historian Christopher Leslie Brown.

Episode: 66. Wilberforce and the Fight for Freedom

It was highlighted as one of the great books about the slave trade, offering insight into the evangelical groundswell and the moral questioning of empire.

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One of the great books about the slave trade is Moral Capital by the American historian Christopher Leslie Brown.

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