Author : Edith Hall,Richard Alston,Justine McConnell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199574674
Ancient Slavery and Abolition by Edith Hall,Richard Alston,Justine McConnell Pdf
"Originating in a conference organised in 2007 by the Centre for the Reception of Greece and Rome at Royal Holloway, University of London, and held at the British Library ... this accessible volume offers a pathbreaking study of the role played by the interpreters of ancient Greek and roman texts in the debates over the abolition of slavery. Focusing on Britain, North America, the Caribbean, and South Africa from the late 17th century, the essays examine the arguments of critics and defenders of slavery and legacy of slavery, in later periods." --Book jacket.