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Slavery: A debate about Sowell's views on the history of slavery.

The Genius of Thomas Sowell

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The Moral Dimensions of Slavery

West Africa was a major slave trading region way before the Europeans arrived. Africans kept more slaves for themselves than they sent to the Western Hemisphere. The belief that slavery was morally wrong was only present in the West. Sowell's essay stops abruptly at this point and pivots to an exploration of the moral dimensions of slavery.

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