The Costs of Slavery and the Value of Emancipation in the French Antilles
by
Caroline Oudin-Bastide, Philippe Steiner
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
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 presented by abolitionists, colonists, and administrators...