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White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea

by Tyler Stovall

The racist legacy behind the Western idea of freedom The era of the Enlightenment, which gave rise to our modern conceptions of freedom and democracy, was also the height of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. America, a nation founded on the principle of liberty, is also a nation built on African slavery, Native American genocide, and systematic racial discrimi

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

336

ISBN

9780691179469