The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture

The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 521
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ISBN-10 : 9780195056396
ISBN-13 : 0195056396
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Download or read book The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture written by David Brion Davis and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic Pulitzer Prize-winning book depicts the various ways the Old and the New Worlds responded to the intrinsic contradictions of slavery from antiquity to the early 1770s, and considers the religious, literary, and philosophical justifications and condemnations current in the abolition controversy.


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