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The Great Resistance: The 400-Year Fight to End Slavery in the Americas

Graham Kerr

The Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History | Aug 31, 2026

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Carrie Gibson’s latest book sets out to cover four centuries of resistance to slavery across the Americas, running from the earliest Portuguese slaving voyages through to final emancipation in Braz...

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@article{Kerr2026Great,
  title = {The Great Resistance: The 400-Year Fight to End Slavery in the Americas},
  author = {Graham Kerr},
  journal = {The Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1080/03086534.2026.2720201},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2026.2720201}
}

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