Invoking Slavery in the Eighteenth-Century British Imagination

Name: Invoking Slavery in the Eighteenth-Century British Imagination
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

In the eighteenth century, literary representations of slavery encompassed a range of physical and metaphysical conditions beyond the transatlantic slave trade. Without eliding the real and important differences between slave systems operating in the Atlantic world, this collection is a starting point for understanding the manner in which slavery became a powerful rhetorical device for helping British audiences gain a new perspective on their own position with respect to their government and the global sphere. > In the eighteenth century, audiences in Great Britain understood the term \u2019slavery\u2019 to refer to a range of physical and metaphysical conditions beyond the transatlantic slave trade. Literary representations of slavery encompassed tales of Barbary captivity, the \u2019exotic\u2019 slaving practices of the Ottoman Empire, the political enslavement practiced by government or church, and even the harsh life of servants under a cruel master. Arguing that literary and .