What long term effects were Brits considering before they abolished the slave trade?
- This questions seems very feasible for me to address in my essay. I want to be able to take a look around the world (during the time period of the abolittion movement in Britain) and try to see if I can notice any changing economic trends. What trends were the British noticing? Did they feel that because of these changing economic trends that it was the right time to abolsh the slave trade? If these trends had not arose, would the Brits have abolished the slave trade when the did?
What parallells can be drawn between then and now? (Nike sweatshops, etc.)
-This question also seems very feasible for me to answer. I can compare and contrast how consumerism drove both the slave trade and today drives the use of sweatshop workers (people want name brands at an afffordable price --> compnaies exploit workers in other countries were labor laws are non existent).
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Steve,
Like the title of your blog too (though Emily's still takes the cake).
Can you get economic trend info for that period?
I'd aggressively pursue the input of the librarian who works in history or business. See if they can get you sources on what was going on economically at that time. Also, how about really working the sources that Hochschild supplies.
The big issue here will be tracking and arguing for 2/3 big economic trends that you can argue stand out as bigger than the rest--including those golden 12 disciples. (nameless, faceless Quakers plus superman Thomas Clarkson).
LIke the taunt tack you're taking. I think your hunch will lead to much. Work off of Lazarre and Robinson's referenes to other works too.
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