Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Dr. José Gomariz, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Modern Languages and Linguistics. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 14, .2005). Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 114 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Ashland Theological Seminary, 2005. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 201-206).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Delaware, 2007. / Principal faculty advisor: Peter R. Kolchin, Dept. of History. Includes bibliographical references.

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The main objective of this study is to determine Martin Van Buren's views on slavery and the influence of the institution on his public career.

The growth of antislavery sentiment during this era had origins traceable to several aspects of life in revolutionary America. The two most important were the philosophical basis of the revolution and the evolving economic situation, both of which worked together to destroy slavery in the northern and middle states and to restrict it in the South.

This thesis examines the Royal Navy’s efforts to suppress the transatlantic slave trade between 1807 and the mid-1860s. The role of the West Africa squadron in detaining slave ships embarking from the West African coast was instrumental in the transformation of Britain’s profile from a prolific slave trading nation to the principal emancipator of enslaved Africans. The wider framework for naval suppression encompassed international law, official policy and diplomacy, but at the operational frontline of the campaign were naval personnel. This history of suppression shifts the emphasis from political and diplomatic contexts to the experiences of naval officers tasked with the delivery of the anti-slavery message, positioning them at the heart of Britain’s abolitionist campaign on the West African coast. Through officers’ narratives and personal testimonies – found in letters, journals, report books and diaries – it examines the reactions, relations and encounters of these agents of change, and their contributions to the exchange of information crucial to Britain’s anti-slavery efforts in West Africa. The personal, social and cultural experiences of naval officers provide insight into attitudes towards the key themes of Britain’s abolitionist mission, namely anti-slavery beliefs, burgeoning empire, and national identity. In their responsibilities to confront the human trauma of the slave trade and liberate enslaved Africans, officers engaged with humanitarian ideals and anti-slavery rhetoric. These ideas had significant impact on how they conceived their identity as Britons and the nature of their duty as naval personnel, but could be undermined by their disgust at the conditions of service on the West African coast. Officers were also at the forefront of Britain’s broader anti-slavery assault on shore, intended to reform West African society to European, ‘civilised’ standards. In their encounters with slavery and African peoples, officers faced numerous concerns, including concepts of racial identity, paternalism and the true meanings of freedom.

A presente tese de Doutorado tem como principal objetivo analisar as relações de cotidiano e poder no sertão das Minas Gerais, no período de 1850 a 1915. Durante séculos vivenciamos um regime escravista no país. Mesmo depois do seu fim, algumas das características que moldaram a escravidão negra continuaram fazendo parte do nosso cotidiano. As relações de poder, apesar de transformadas em certa medida pelo início de um modelo republicano, não foram suficientes para remodelar por completo o cotidiano de livres, escravos, libertos, homens e mulheres do sertão norte-mineiro, assim como em tantas outras regiões do Brasil. Dessa forma, a tese que ora apresentamos procura dialogar com esse cotidiano, marcado por características como a violência e a solidariedade, a tensão e o afeto, o conflito e a negociação. Elementos que, aparentemente, se apresentam como antagônicos são, na verdade, complementares na estrutura de sobrevivência que se configurou na região, criando assim o que chamados aqui de universo cultural norte-mineiro. O período abarcado para a pesquisa apresenta um objetivo claro: compreender tais relações em dois momentos históricos distintos, o Império e a República, estabelecendo assim comparações entre os dois modelos políticos na região e a conformação social e cotidiana no período. Cotidiano e poder nas relações sociais escravistas e pós-escravidão: o sertão das Minas entre 1850 e 1915 propõe, portanto, mergulhar nas relações sociais e de poder que se deram na região norte-mineira, apontando assim alguns dos significados da sobrevivência na região e nos permitindo mais uma experiência sobre o amplo universo escravista que marcou o Brasil. / This doctorate thesis is meant to examine the relationships of the daily life and power in the state of Minas Gerais during the period of 1850 to 1915. For centuries, the country experienced a slave regime. Even after its end, some of the characteristics that have shaped the black slavery remained as a part of our everyday lives. The relations of power, in spite of changed to some extent by the onset of a republican model, were not sufficient to completely remodel the daily life of free, slaves, freed men and women of the north of Minas Gerais, as well as in many other regions of Brazil. Thus, the thesis that is now presented seeks to dialogue with this everyday life, marked by characteristics such as violence and solidarity, affection and tension, conflict and negotiation. Elements that appear to present themselves as antagonistic are, in fact, complementary to the structure of survival that took shape in the region, thus creating what we call here the norte-mineiro cultural universe. The period covered in the research presents a clear goal: to understand these relationships in two distinct historical moments, the Empire and the Republic Period, establishing comparisons between the two political models in the region and social and daily conformity, during the period. Quotidian and power in the slavery and post-slavery social relations: the backwoods of Minas between 1850-1915 therefore offers a diving in social relations and power that took place in the north of Minas Gerais, thus pointing some of the meanings of survival in the region and allowing us one more experience on the wide universe of slavery that marked Brazil.