The Library
The ‘Glasgow King of Billingsgate’ : James MacQueen and an Atlantic proslavery network
Tools
Tools
Tools
Lambert, David. (2008) The ‘Glasgow King of Billingsgate’ : James MacQueen and an Atlantic proslavery network. Slavery & Abolition, Vol.29 (No.3). pp. 389-413. ISSN 0144-039X
Full text not available from this repository.
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01440390802267816
Abstract
This article examines the 'imperial career' of James MacQueen, one of the most outspoken critics of the British antislavery campaign in the 1820s and 1830s. Rather than considering the particular proslavery discourses that he articulated in his writing, however, the article focuses on his central place within an Atlantic network of proslavery advocacy. Using published and unpublished sources to explore this network, the article begins with MacQueen's time as a plantation overseer in Grenada. Next, it considers his involvement in the slavery controversy after he returned to Glasgow, including his attack on the History of Mary Prince (1831) and its aftermath. Finally, the article considers MacQueen's unexpected role in the Niger Expedition following the abolition of British slavery. In this way, the article demonstrates MacQueen's central place in nineteenth-century anti-abolitionism.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Slavery & Abolition |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| ISSN: | 0144-039X |
| Date: | January 2008 |
| Volume: | Vol.29 |
| Number: | No.3 |
| Page Range: | pp. 389-413 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1080/01440390802267816 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/42812 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
