Out of Slavery Abolition and After

Out of Slavery, first published in 1985, is a series of articles commissioned on the 150 year anniversary of William Wilberforce’s death and the Act of Parliament abolishing British slavery in 1833. With the background from which the history of slavery was viewed being radically changed, with decolonisation, the advancement of Human Rights, the economic and social consequences of what was done, and left undone, by the Abolitionists and Emancipators and of the situations which they faced. This book offers a broad reappraisal on slavery and freedom from slavery as they can now be seen, and of the contribution and personality of the Abolitionists, particularly of their leader and spokesman William Wilberforce.

Preface Lord Wilberforce. 1. The Utility of Commemoration: Reflections of the Enduring Scourge of Servitude Jack Hayward 2. Slavery: the Underside of Freedom Orlando Patterson 3. Freeing the Slaves: How Important Was Wilberforce? James Walvin 4. William Wilberforce: 150 Years On Fiona Spiers 5. Wilberforce the Saint Ian Bradley 6. Abolition and the National Interest Howard Temperley 7. Emancipation from Below? The Role of the British West Indian Slaves in the Emancipation Movement, 1816–34 Michael Craton 8. West Indian Society 150 Years After Abolition: a Re-examination of Some Classic Theories Lloyd Best 9. ‘Some in Light and Some in Darkness’: the Long Shadow of Slavery Shridath S. Ramphal 10. The English Judge and the Ethnic Minorities Lord Scarman

Jack Hayward