"As history shows us, whiteness was never about biology. It was - and remains - about politics." On this edition ofConversations, Katharine Gerbner talks about her book Christian Slavery: Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World. Gerbner teaches history at the University of Minnesota.
Conversations: Katharine Gerbner,"Christian Slavery"
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