Jane Austen in the Context of Abolition

1. ‘We Have No Slaves at Home — Then Why Abroad?’
Gabrielle D. V. White

Part I. The Chawton Novels

2. Mansfield Park: Absenteeism, Autonomy and the Slave Trade
Gabrielle D. V. White

3. Emma: Autonomy and Abolition
Gabrielle D. V. White

4. Persuasion: Radical Change and the Royal Navy
Gabrielle D. V. White

Part II. The Context in which Jane Austen Wrote the Chawton Novels

5. Some Philosophers on Race and Slavery: Opposing Viewpoints
Gabrielle D. V. White

6. Abolitionist Influences on Jane Austen: Some Possibilities
Gabrielle D. V. White

7. Conclusion
Gabrielle D. V. White

Keywords: Literature, Postcolonial/World Literature, British and Irish Literature, Nineteenth-Century Literature, Fiction