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The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery: English Ideas in the Early Modern Atlantic World

by John Samuel Harpham

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A landmark account of the origins of American slavery, revealing how ancient Roman ideas were used to defend the establishment of a slave empire in the English Atlantic world.The period from 1550 to 1700 was critical in the development of slavery across the English Atlantic world.

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Languages: English
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Published: 2025
Genres: History, Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 306.3
LCC: HT867 .H37

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