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Slavery, Emancipation, and the Relationship of Freedom and Equality

Two Objections to Slavery

Elizabeth Anderson

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  • August 5, 2013

Elizabeth Anderson

Elizabeth Anderson is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and John Dewey Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan. Her latest book is Hijacked: How Neoliberalism Turned the Work Ethic Against Workers and How Workers Can Take It Back.

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