Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750 Sarah Edmunds The vital balance between tradition

The vital balance between tradition and innovation and the enduring importance of our fundamental principles

use of inclusive language

who have largely co-opted academia and scientific institutions

and the social roots of these disparities

especially among families for whom poverty and cultural differences are daily realities

Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750 Sarah Edmunds The vital balance between traditionIn seventeenth and eighteenth century Britain, captivity emerged as a persistent metaphor as well as a material reality. The exercise of power on both an institutional and a personal level created conditions in which those least empowered, particularly women, perceived themselves to be captive subjects. This "domestic captivity" was inextricably connected to England's systematic enslavement of kidnapped Africans and the wealth accumulation realized