David Brion Davis (16 February 1927- ) David Brion Davis is 'Sterling Professor' of History Emeritus at Yale, Connecticut as well as Director Emeritus of Yale’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. Born in Denver in 1927, the son of journalist, novelist, and screenwriter Clyde Brion Davis (1898-1962) and the artist and writer Martha Wirt Davis (1905-1951), David lived a peripatetic childhood in California, Colorado, New York, and Washington State...
Challenging the boundaries of slavery
Challenging the boundaries of slavery
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David Brion Davis offers a comprehensive look at American slavery, tracing its origins from the ancient world through the era of exploration and into the New World. He examines how the American Revolution paradoxically excluded enslaved people from the dream of liberty and equality, and how an explosive conflict in 1819 over slavery's expansion pointed toward revolutionary cultural changes. The book explores movements to colonize Black individuals outside the U.S., the African-American impact on abolitionism, and the South's efforts to justify and export slavery, ultimately leading to the Civil War and emancipation.
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Challenging the Boundaries of Slavery (The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures)Paperback, Apri
128 pages
Harvard University PressLanguage: EnglishISBN: 9780674019850New Ed edition3 editions available
