Liberalism, Capitalism, and European Powers in the Transatlantic Slave Trade
by Rikke From, Davit Gasparyan and Greyson Young
In the spirit of the recent campus initiative marking 400 years since the arrival of enslaved Africans to the English colonies in North America, IES hosted a panel discussion on “Capitalism and Freedom: Perspectives on Slavery and its Ties to Economic and Political Liberalism in Europe.” The discussion featured professors Caitlin Rosenthal (History, UC Berkeley) and Tyler Stovall (Dean of the Humanities at UC Santa Cruz).