Ottobah Cugoano on British Slavery, National Debt, and Speculative Finance
In his Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery (1787), Quobna Ottobah Cugoano theorized that the creditors of the rapidly growing national debt had begun to use their growing financial leverage to manipulate the political priorities of Great Britain in order to deepen nation...
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Main Author: | Carrie DeAnne Shanafelt |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2025-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Modern Philosophy |
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Online Access: | https://jmphil.org/article/id/2500/ |
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