The mighty experiment : free labor versus slavery in British emancipation
Boek
In this work Drescher argues that the plan to end British slavery, rather than being a timely escape from a failing system, was, on the contrary, the crucial element in the greatest humanitarian achievement of all time. He explores how politicians, colonial bureaucrats, pamphleteers, and scholars taking anti-slavery positions validated their claims through rational scientific arguments going beyond ...
Auteur
Drescher, Seymour, 1934-
Organisatie
NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies