David Brion Davis

Thus the word “inhuman”, in this book’s title, refers to the unconscionable and unsuccessful goal of bestializing (in the form of pets as well as beasts of burden) a class of human beings.

Thus the word “inhuman”, in this book’s title, refers to the unconscionable and unsuccessful goal of bestializing (in the form of pets as well as beasts of burden) a class of human beings.

– David Brion Davis –

Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World

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