Slavery and human progress / David Brion Davis
1984, First Edition. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #388424
ISBN: 0195034392
Physical description: xix,374p ; 21cm. Notes: Includes index. Contents:
How "progress" led to the Europeans' enslavement of Africans. A Black slave revolt in the Fertile Crescent ; Problems of definition and comparison ; Slavery and imperial expansion ; The expansion of Islam and the symbolism of race ; From white to Black : European expansion and the changing sources of slaves ; Jews and the children of strangers -- Redeeming Christianity's reputation. Emancipation as proof of progress ; Sacred inspiration and secular power ; New world slavery as Christianity's "fortunate fall" ; The idea of progress and the limits of moral responsibility ; British emancipation : a deceptive model, part one ; British emancipation : a deceptive model, part two -- Abolishing slavery and civilizing the world. The war against barbarism, part one ; The war against barbarism, part two ; A century of progress.
Subjects: Slavery History.
Slavery History. Progress.
Enslaved persons Emancipation History.
Slavery and the church.
Progress. Enslaved persons Emancipation History. Slavery and the church. Slavery Emancipation History.
Slaves Emancipation History. Progress.
Slavery. Slavery and the church. Enslaved persons Emancipation. Slavery Emancipation History
Slaves Emancipation History. Slaves Emancipation.
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