The antislavery and antiracist oratory of Frederick Douglass is a powerful case study the appropriation transformation “the master’s tools.” Douglass’s formative exposure to classical rhetorical tradition well known—but just as important are ways in which he subverted it. He did so by developing categorically new, hybrid role: orator-slave. Slavery played an part conceptual apparatus Ciceronian...

Biological Consequences of Segregation and Economic Deprivation: A Post-Slavery Population from Southwest Arkansas Author(s): Jerome C. Rose Source: The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 49, No. 2, The Tasks of Economic History (Jun., 1989), pp. 351-360 Published by: on behalf of the Cambridge University Press Economic History Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2124068 Accessed...

key members of the anti-slavery movement. The authors claim that Darwin partly chose to highlight the common descent of man from apes to show that all races were equal as a rebuttal to those who insisted black people were a different, and inferior, species from those with white skin. Desmond and Moore say Darwin attempted early on to show his theory of sexual selection, where traits seen as des...

This Special Issue explores new routes in the economic historical research on Dutch Atlantic history of slavery and slave trade. Each its contributions tackles important blind spots that have continued to haunt despite recent energetic revival debates impact slavery. Together, articles this challenge our perspectives, questions methods.

Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status. Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many more. Everyone is entitled to these rights, without discrimination. The right to health is...