Slavery, abolition, and American expansionism (guest lecture by Alexandra Glavanakova)

13 Março 2019, 08:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Students were asked to read the entirety of Benito Cereno before class. Class consisted of a guest lecture from Dr. Alexandra Glavanakova, University of Sofia, on the history of slavery in the United States and the political conflict over slavery, abolition, andAmerican expansion that was the immediate context of Melville’s novel. She also discussed Melville’s ambivalent relation to abolitionism.