Slavery, Emancipation, and Freedom: Comparative Perspectives

by Stanley L. Engerman

It is beyond dispute that slavery has always been abhorrent and, wherever it still exists, should be abolished. Where most scholarly writing on slavery in the past has concentrated on examining slaves as victims, recent writings have taken a more nuanced view of slavery in focusing on the slaves themselves and their cultural and psychological accomplishments in captivity. Also, studies of the system's profitability have shown that, from an economic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807132365
• ISBN13: 9780807132364
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 7.6"