Sentence examples for slave ownership from inspiring English sources

Austen addressed slave ownership in Mansfield Park.

Critics also say the book glosses over Jefferson's slave ownership.

Slave ownership, however, was not common among the numerous small landowners, who generally were Jacksonian Democrats.

They are the descendants of Charles McGarel, a merchant who made a fortune from slave ownership.

Surplus was also essential in slave systems where the owners expected economic gain from slave ownership.

Because Islam is perceived as endorsing slave ownership, questioning slavery is tantamount to questioning Islam.

It is not quite a world of slave-ownership, but capitalism throws up its own drones.

(Anyone interested in the links between Britain and slavery is advised to explore the excellent Legacies of British Slave-Ownership project created by University College London).

These men and women (and there were a considerable number of women who lived off slave-ownership) were anxious that their identities as slave owners be forgotten.

It reveals that figures as varied as Edmund Burke, Thomas Malthus and Jane Austen were connected to slave-ownership through personal ties.

Catherine Hall, Nick Draper, Keith McClelland, Rachel Lang Legacies of British Slave-ownership project Department of History University College London London WC1 The hot list (Magazine) says: "Women!