The strength and sinews of this western world...? (African slavery, American colonies and the effort for reform of European society in the Early Modern Era)

Abstract

Analysis of the image of slavery in European discourse of the Early Modern Era, in especial the efforts to integrate the institution of slavery into the social-reform projects located to the American continent.

Keywords

• strength
• sinews
• western
• world
• African
• slavery
• American
• colonies
• effort
• reform
• European
• society
• Early
• Modern