Publisher： Cambridge University Press
E-ISSN： 1469-5103|52|4|1039-1051
ISSN： 0018-246x
Source： The Historical Journal, Vol.52, Iss.4, 2009-12, pp. : 1039-1051
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Abstract
This review considers how historians have approached the role of ideas in understanding the beginnings of early British abolitionism. It pays particular attention to the work of Eric Williams, Roger Anstey, David Brion Davis, and, most recently, Christopher Leslie Brown. It uses Brown's
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