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Introduction: Tissue samples in the land of conjecture
Paper trails: writing the African, 1450-1750
Sameness and science, 1730-1750
The problem of difference: philosophes and the processing of African "ethnography," 1750-1755
The natural history of slavery, 1770-1802
Coda: Black Africans and the enlightenment legacy.
Paper trails: writing the African, 1450-1750
Sameness and science, 1730-1750
The problem of difference: philosophes and the processing of African "ethnography," 1750-1755
The natural history of slavery, 1770-1802
Coda: Black Africans and the enlightenment legacy.