Calculation and Morality: The Costs of Slavery and the Value of Emancipation in the French Antilles by Philippe Steiner, Caroline Oudin-Bastide

Calculation and Morality: The Costs of Slavery and the Value of Emancipation in the French Antilles

Philippe Steiner, Caroline Oudin-Bastide

272 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction business economics history sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Debates about whether to maintain or abolish slavery revolved around two key values: the morality of enslaving other human beings and the economic benefits and costs of slavery as compared to free labor. Various and conflicting arguments were pres...

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