Ep. 302 How the West Abolished Slavery
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Tom Woods
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🗓️ 10 December 2014
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
When we consider the significance of the abolition of slavery, a ubiquitous and seemingly entrenched institution, it's surprising how little many of us know about how it actually happened. Jim Powell shares the story with us!
Issues Discussed
- Why the abolition of slavery was so peaceful in Britain
- The three essential precursors to the abolition of slavery in Britain
- Why it would have been better, in Powell's words, to "let the [American] South go"
- The abolition of slavery in Haiti and Brazil
- Why peaceful strategies against slavery yielded better long-run outcomes
- Jim's current project, a vast historical study of how the free society came about
About the Guest
Jim Powell is a senior fellow of the Cato Institute and the author of numerous books, including FDR's Folly, Wilson's War, and Bully Boy: The Truth About Theodore Roosevelt's Legacy.
Book Discussed
Greatest Emancipations: How the West Abolished Slavery.
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| 0:34.0 | Welcome to the Tom Woods Show, episode 302. I describe this show as your daily serving of liberty education, and what a great example of that, today's episode is. We're joined today by Jim Powell, author of Greatest Emancipations, How the West Abolished Slavery. |
| 0:56.0 | This is a story I know you're going to enjoy hearing. |
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| 1:10.0 | Jim Powell is a senior fellow of the Cato Institute and the author of |
| 1:14.8 | numerous books including FDR's Folly, Bullie Boy, which is a book on Teddy Roosevelt, |
| 1:21.5 | and Wilson's War. He's been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, |
| 1:26.8 | Esquire, and many other publications. |
| 1:30.2 | Jim, welcome to the show. |
| 1:31.9 | Thank you. Glad to be with you. |
| 1:34.2 | Greatest Emancipations is such an important book, I think, and it's telling a story that we all should know. |
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