An interesting counter-argument... by Jay Knott (08/08/13) ⇌ (MLK)
...against the idea that the enlightenment and slavery were twins.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/10229570/Towards-a-radical-new-theory-of-Anglo-American-slavery-and-vindication-of-free-markets.html
The article needs editing though - it's full of misspellings and grammatical errors.