The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery – English Ideas in the Early Modern Atlantic World - John Samuel Harpham

"Searing, unsettling, and strikingly original." —Jill Lepore, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of We the PeopleA landmark account of the origins of American slavery, revealing how ancient Roman ideas were used to defend the establishment of a slave empire in the English Atlantic world. The period from 1550 to 1700 was critical in the development of slavery across the English Atlantic world. During this time, English discourse about slavery revolved around one central question: How could free persons... Zobrazit více