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

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

How can the simple choice of a men’s suit be a moral statement and a political act? When the suit is made of free-labor wool rather than slave-grown cotton. I