6. Slavery And The Plantation Complex (October 6, 2008)
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Professor Rakove discusses the idea that slavery, as a status, has existed far longer than has the notion of liberty and equality, and that contemporary thought about slavery is foreign to historical viewpoints. (October 6, 2008)
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