Ancient Slavery and Abolition: From Hobbes to Hollywood by Edith Hall, Justine McConnell

Ancient Slavery and Abolition: From Hobbes to Hollywood

Edith Hall, Justine McConnell

509 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

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A pathbreaking study of the role played by ancient Greek and Roman sources and voices in the struggle to abolish transatlantic slavery and in representations of that struggle in the twentieth century. Thirteen essays by an interdisciplinary team o...

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