If you're seeing this message, it means we're having trouble loading external resources on our website.

If you're behind a web filter, please make sure that the domains *.kastatic.org and *.kasandbox.org are unblocked.

Main content

6.4: Transformation of Labor

READ: Why Was Slavery Abolished? Three Theories

After centuries of slavery, it was suddenly ‘abolished’, or made illegal, in most places in the nineteenth century. Was it morals, economics, or activism that finally made abolition a reality? Various theories make a case for each. Created by World History Project.
Sort by: