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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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Soul's Essay on Slavery

Sowell's essay is itself a summary of the history of slavery. For Sowell, slavery was not caused by racism. If anything, racism was caused by slavery the other way around. Africa was resorted to as a source of large supplies of slaves only after centuries of Europeans enslaving other Europeans had been brought to an end. Slavery was commons in China, India, and most other countries.

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