In one form or another, slavery has existed throughout the world for millennia. It helped to chan...

By the mid-eighteenth century, the transatlantic slave trade was considered to be a necessary and...

By the mid-eighteenth century, the transatlantic slave trade was considered to be a necessary and...

A thorough analysis of Tocqueville's thoughts on the lower classes of society, viewing his st...

In this classic analysis and refutation of Eric Williams's 1944 thesis, Seymour Drescher argues t...

Slavery and coerced labor have been among the most ubiquitous of human institutions both in time ...

Slavery and coerced labor have been among the most ubiquitous of human institutions both in time ...

Essays draw on quantitative and qualitative evidence to cast new light on slavery and the transat...

Seymour Drescher's regular, deeply-thought and carefully nuanced arguments have periodically resh...

Seymour Drescher's regular, deeply-thought and carefully nuanced arguments have periodically resh...

In one form or another, slavery has existed throughout the world for millennia. It helped to chan...

In this classic analysis and refutation of Eric Williams's 1944 thesis, Seymour Drescher argues t...