Philosophical Debates about Slavery 1600-1800 - Julia Jorati Exploratory Workshop, Day 1

Session 1: 10:00am—11:30am

“Slavery in Classic Natural Law: Suárez, Grotius, and Pufendorf

“Social Contracts and Natural Slavery in Hobbes, Sidney, Locke, and Rousseau”)

Commentators: Susanne Sreedhar and Aaron Garrett

Session 2: 1:15pm—2:45pm

“Natural Equality, Liberty, and Slavery in Suchon, Hutcheson, and Rutherforth”

“Natural Inequality and Natural Slavery in Felden, Leibniz, and Capitein”

Commentators: Dwight Lewis and Colin Chamberlain

Session 3: 3:30pm—5:00pm

“Race, Racism, and the Transatlantic Slave Trade”

“Natural and Racial Slavery in North American Antislavery Writings”

Commentators: Aminah Hasan-Birdwell and John Harfouch