| Description |
xix, 374 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 321-363. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
How "progress" led to the Europeans' enslavement of Africans. A Black slave revolt in the Fertile Crescent ; Problems of definition and comparison ; Slavery and imperial expansion ; The expansion of Islam and the symbolism of race ; From white to Black : European expansion and the changing sources of slaves ; Jews and the children of strangers -- Redeeming Christianity's reputation. Emancipation as proof of progress ; Sacred inspiration and secular power ; New world slavery as Christianity's "fortunate fall" ; The idea of progress and the limits of moral responsibility ; British emancipation : a deceptive model, part one ; British emancipation : a deceptive model, part two -- Abolishing slavery and civilizing the world. The war against barbarism, part one ; The war against barbarism, part two ; A century of progress. |
| Indexed Term |
Slavery, to 1975 |
| Subject |
Slavery and the church.
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Slavery -- History.
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- History.
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Progress.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Davis, David Brion. Slavery and human progress. New York : Oxford University Press, 1984 (OCoLC)559704598 |
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Online version: Davis, David Brion. Slavery and human progress. New York : Oxford University Press, 1984 (OCoLC)608954599 |
| ISBN |
0195034392: $25.00 |
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9780195034394 |
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