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3 - First Writings against Slavery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2021

Teun A. van Dijk
Teun A. van Dijk
Affiliation:
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
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This chapter starts the history of amtiracist discourse with the antislavery texts of bisshop Nyssa in the 4th century. In Europe one of the first declaratio against "servitude" was formilated by Louis X of France. The first texts against the harsh treatments of indigenous people in the America Colonies were formulated by Bartolomé de las Casas and the New Laws of King Carlos I of Spain.

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Antislavery in AntiquityBartolomé de las CasasKing Louis of FranceKing Carlos I of SpainAgainst ill treatment of indigenous people
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Antiracist Discourse
Theory and History of a Macromovement
 , pp. 80 - 94
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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