The Slave Ship Embodies the Whole Story of Slavery
Nirit Ben-Ari interviews Marcus Rediker, author of "The Slave Ship: A Human History"The man refused to eat. He had been sick, reduced to a ‘mere skeleton.’ He had apparently made a decision to die....
View ArticleThe Strange Lightness of History
The zones of sub-humanity are regions of non-being, where if you are not truly human you cannot claim to be treated as human, that is to say, to be a subject with human rights. Some people are just too...
View ArticleCameron, Slavery, History and the Enlightenment tradition
General Sir James Duff was an army officer and MP for Banffshire in Scotland during the late 1700s. Following the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, he was paid £3 million because ‘reasonable Compensation...
View ArticleConcerning a Critical Legal Pedagogy: Exposing Race-Thinking in Political Canon
Locke’s philosophy worked to entrench slavery as a politically justifiable practice, effectively extending property rights to a select few while encouraging the political legitimacy of race-based...
View ArticleThe Age of Pardon or the Age of Aggression?
Throughout the 20th century there were frequent apologies and claims for reparations for the atrocities committed in the context of the relations between peoples and countries, as illustrated by...
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