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David Brion Davis
Researcher at Yale University
Publications - 35
Citations - 2558
David Brion Davis is an academic researcher from Yale University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Abolitionism & Emancipation. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 35 publications receiving 2519 citations. Previous affiliations of David Brion Davis include Case Western Reserve University.
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The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture
TL;DR: The authors depicts the various ways the Old and the New Worlds responded to the intrinsic contradictions of slavery from antiquity to the early 1770s, and considers the religious, literary, and philosophical justifications and condemnations current in the abolition controversy.
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The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823
Steven B. Webb,David Brion Davis +1 more
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The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the international impact and social significance of antislavery thought in a critical era of political and industrial revolution and examine the implications and historical consequences of challenging the long-accepted institution of slavery.
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Slavery and Human Progress
TL;DR: In this article, the Pulitzer Prize-winner David Brion Davis provides a penetrating survey of slavery and emancipation from ancient times to the twentieth century, showing that slavery was once regarded as a form of human progress, playing a critical role in the expansion of the western world.