The intellectual origins of American slavery : English ideas in the early modern Atlantic world / John Samuel Harpham.
| Author/creator | Harpham, John Samuel author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Prologue -- From Freedom to Slavery -- English Freedom in a World of Slaves -- The English Image of Africa -- The Sources of African Slavery -- The Causes of Complexion -- Epilogue. |
| Abstract | "John Samuel Harpham shows that, long before the emergence of racial ideologies, English merchants found justification for the Atlantic slave trade in Roman law. That tradition influenced key authors such as John Locke and Hugo Grotius, who in turn shaped the attitudes of traders initially hesitant to profit from human bondage."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Harpham, John Samuel. Intellectual origins of American slavery Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2025 9780674301917 |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9780674301917 |
| LCCN | 2025000594 |
| ISBN | 9780674278370 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0674278372 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| Standard identifier# | CIPO000285606 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HT867 .H26 2025 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |