Origins of slavery

Resources:

The Origins of Slavery in the New World
Resource Type: E-Seminar

Relevant texts:
Excerpt from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith (1776).
Text from the 1662 slavery act passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses.
Excerpt from Olaudah Equiano, The Interresting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa, the African.