The abolition of slavery across large parts of the world was one of the most significant transformations in the nineteenth century, shaping economies, societies

The abolition of slavery across large parts of the world was one of the most significant transformations in the nineteenth century, shaping economies, societies

A pathbreaking history of how participants in the slave trade influenced the growth and dissemination of medical knowledge As the slave trade brought Europeans,

There is a broad consensus among scholars that the idea of human rights was a product of the Enlightenment but that a self-conscious and broad-based human right

“Traces the history of abolition from the 1600s to the 1860s . . . a valuable addition to our understanding of the role of race and racism in America.”—Fl