Steven Palaguachi
February 24, 2017
Stanley Elkins
Stanley Elkins critiques and examines the life of a slave a meaningful way, allowing the reader to question the life they led. A slave, back then, couldn't be taught to read or write; they couldn't practice religion without permission. This was not what slavery meant in the ancient world, in medieval and early modern Europe, nor in Brazil and the West Indies, Stanley Elkins allows the reader understand this and the effects of slavery throughout. “Slavery: A Problem In American Institutional and Intellectual Life” extended the examination of slavery into new areas. Elkins makes a few major, and controversial, arguments about slavery throughout his book. His first argument
February 24, 2017
Stanley Elkins
Stanley Elkins critiques and examines the life of a slave a meaningful way, allowing the reader to question the life they led. A slave, back then, couldn't be taught to read or write; they couldn't practice religion without permission. This was not what slavery meant in the ancient world, in medieval and early modern Europe, nor in Brazil and the West Indies, Stanley Elkins allows the reader understand this and the effects of slavery throughout. “Slavery: A Problem In American Institutional and Intellectual Life” extended the examination of slavery into new areas. Elkins makes a few major, and controversial, arguments about slavery throughout his book. His first argument