Greatest Emancipations
How the West Abolished Slavery
Powell, Jim
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
For thousands of years, slavery went unchallenged in principle. Then in a single century, slavery was abolished and more than seven million slaves were freed. Greatest Emancipation tells this amazing story, focusing on Haiti, the British Caribbean, the United States, Cuba and Brazil, which accounted for the vast majority of slaves in the west. Jim Powell offers some surprising insights and shows that while the abolition of slavery was essential to any free society, it wasn’t the sole determing factor, since some societies that abolished slavery later embraced dictatorships. Jim Powell reveals the process and tremendous influence that slavery's eradication had on individual societies in the west.
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Praise for Jim Powell: Powells analysis is thoroughly documented, relying on an impressive variety of popular and academic literature both contemporary and historical.--Milton Friedman, Nobel LaureateJim Powell is one tough-minded historian, willing to let the chips fall where they may.--David Landes, Harvard University and author of The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0230605923
ISBN(13-digit): 9780230605923
Dewey Decimal: 306.3/62
Library of Congress: 2007045439
Book Publisher: St Martins Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 284
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