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

Ancient Slavery and Abolition: From Hobbes to Hollywood

Justine McConnell, Edith Hall

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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