Liberty and racism: an interconnected history
Tyler Stovall discusses his book White Freedom, which explores how ideas about ‘liberty’ have long been underpinned by racism
Published: October 13, 2021 at 12:57 pm
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Tyler Stovall speaks to Ellie Cawthorne about his Cundill History Prize-shortlisted book White Freedom, which explores how European and American ideas about ‘liberty’ and ‘freedom’ have been underpinned by racism since the Enlightenment.
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Tyler Stovall is the author of White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea (Princeton, 2021)
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