561 - Special Session. Rethinking Slavery

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

Recent work on slavery is posing a challenge to theories of the origins of industrial capitalism, showing capitalism's dependence not only on the profits generated by slavery but also on many of the methods and techniques developed for managing slaves. This panel aims to establish how this newer work on slavery challenges or reaffirms older scholarship on slavery and on capitalism.

Sub Unit

• Special Sessions

Session Organizer

• Monica Prasad, Northwestern University

Presider

• Orlando Patterson, Harvard University

Panelists

• Martin Ruef, Duke University

• Crystal Marie Fleming, SUNY Stony Brook

• Walter Johnson, Harvard University