Anti-slavery discourse and early 19th century transnational views on states, nations and citizens

Susan Legêne

Anti-slavery discourse and early 19th century transnational views on states, nations and citizens

Susan Legêne

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Abstract

Starting from a close analysis of Ary Scheffer's painting Christus Consolator, this draft article explores the entanglement of citizenship discourse and post-Congress of Vienna state formation, with a focus on slavery discourse that challenges the historiographic 'radical enlightenment' argument.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 17 Jun 2019
Event	Religion and Nationalism: Conference connected to Peter van der Veer's farewell lecture at Utrecht University, organized in collaboration with Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity - Sweelinckzaal Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands Duration: 17 Jun 2019 → 17 Jun 2019 https://www.acrh.eu/application/files/3315/5835/1662/2019-06-17_UtrechtConference.pdf

Conference

Conference	Religion and Nationalism
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Utrecht
Period	17/06/19 → 17/06/19
Internet address	https://www.acrh.eu/application/files/3315/5835/1662/2019-06-17_UtrechtConference.pdf

Bibliographical note

This is work in progress. An earlier version has been presented at a Dutch conference on Nov. 9 2018 in Zeist, De Schaduw van de slavernij; Het Reveil en de strijd tegen oude en nieuwe slavernij (The shadow of slavery. Reveil and the fight against historical and new slavery.

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SDG 5 Gender Equality

Keywords

Nationalism
Slavery
citizenship
paintings
poems

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Epilogue: Histories of Imagination and the Making of Cultural Archives
Legêne, S., 2025, Slavery in the Cultural Imagination: Debates, Silences, and Dissent in the Neerlandophone Space. Paijmans, M. & Fatah-Black, K. (eds.). Amsterdam: Routledge, p. 347-361 15 p. (Slavery and Emancipation).
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Nederlandse vrouwen lieten hun afkeer van slavernij blijken met subtiel handwerk: Ons koloniale verleden nr. 36
Translated title of the contribution: Dutch women expressed their aversion to slavery through delicate embroidery: Our colonial past 36Legêne, S., 14 Mar 2023, In: De Volkskrant.
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Anti-slavery discourse and early 19th century transnational views on states, nations and citizens

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Bibliographical note

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Epilogue: Histories of Imagination and the Making of Cultural Archives

Nederlandse vrouwen lieten hun afkeer van slavernij blijken met subtiel handwerk: Ons koloniale verleden nr. 36

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