Ancient slavery and abolition : from Hobbes to Hollywood

Resource Information

The work Ancient slavery and abolition : from Hobbes to Hollywood represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Ancient slavery and abolition : from Hobbes to Hollywood

Title remainder

from Hobbes to Hollywood

Statement of responsibility

edited by Edith Hall, Richard Alston and Justine McConnell

Contributor

• University of London, Royal Holloway | Centre for the Reception of Greece and Rome
• Alston, Richard, 1965-
• Hall, Edith, 1959-
• McConnell, Justine
• British Library

Subject

• Antislavery movements -- History -- Sources
• Classical literature
• Slavery -- History -- Sources

Genre

• Sources

Language

eng

Summary

A collection of essays by an international team of scholars on the part played by classical sources and images in the debates around the abolition of slavery. It shows that the ancient Greek and Roman slave was invoked both by abolitionists and by those who promoted and attempted to justify the custom

Member of

• Online access with subscription: University Press scholarship online (Oxford scholarship online)
• Classical presences

Cataloging source

StDuBDS

Dewey number

306.362

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HT1031

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Classical presences

Target audience

specialized