Ontological Sovereignty: Black Justifications for Violent Resistance to Slavery, 1500-1900
This essay advances the claim that Africana thinkers between the 16th and 19th centuries developed critiques of slavery with the following themes: (a) slavery as a function of ignorance of biblical or secular knowledge; (b) slavery as a function of European carnal impulses; (c) slavery as a crime, f...
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| description | This essay advances the claim that Africana thinkers between the 16th and 19th centuries developed critiques of slavery with the following themes: (a) slavery as a function of ignorance of biblical or secular knowledge; (b) slavery as a function of European carnal impulses; (c) slavery as a crime, for which the God-ordained punishment was death; (d) justification of self-defense to restore African liberty; and (e) economic restitution for stolen labor. This essay focuses on claims to justify self-defense for African liberty. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-de619757e06d431dabc5052e7bf831592025-01-31T16:08:54ZengAperioJournal of Modern Philosophy2644-06522025-01-016210.25894/jmp.2505Ontological Sovereignty: Black Justifications for Violent Resistance to Slavery, 1500-1900Dalitso Ruwe0Philosophy, Queens UniversityThis essay advances the claim that Africana thinkers between the 16th and 19th centuries developed critiques of slavery with the following themes: (a) slavery as a function of ignorance of biblical or secular knowledge; (b) slavery as a function of European carnal impulses; (c) slavery as a crime, for which the God-ordained punishment was death; (d) justification of self-defense to restore African liberty; and (e) economic restitution for stolen labor. This essay focuses on claims to justify self-defense for African liberty.https://jmphil.org/article/id/2505/Intellectual History of Africana PhilosophySlave Resistance |
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| title | Ontological Sovereignty: Black Justifications for Violent Resistance to Slavery, 1500-1900 |
| title_full | Ontological Sovereignty: Black Justifications for Violent Resistance to Slavery, 1500-1900 |
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| title_short | Ontological Sovereignty: Black Justifications for Violent Resistance to Slavery, 1500-1900 |
| title_sort | ontological sovereignty black justifications for violent resistance to slavery 1500 1900 |
| topic | Intellectual History of Africana Philosophy Slave Resistance |
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