The abolition of slavery, regardless of the country in which it took place, was an important turning point in world history . For this reason, it has become the subject of much scientific debate. There are three historians worth highlighting who provide key points about why slavery needed to be abolished and what it meant. David Brion Davis, CLR James, and Orlando Patterson all share similar and different views on why slavery needed to be abandoned. It is important to discuss this so that we, the humans building a society, do not make the same mistakes again while continuing to learn from our past. Whether it is social, economic or moral wrongs, we can take a step in the right direction to avoid them by observing and contemplating what has happened before us. This is why reading the stories of these historians is so important. The three historians David Brion Davis, CLR James and Orlando Patterson show why slavery could not be sustainable and why it was necessary to get rid of it. David Brion Davis is well known for his studies of the history and philosophy of slavery. Davis is perhaps best known for his trilogy of PSWC books which he wrote in 1966, The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution written in 1975, and his most recent work written this year The Problem of slavery in the age of revolution. Emancipation. This brought him great recognition and influence among other historians in his field. If you want to study the abolition of slavery, his work is among the first you can read. Davis, in his latest book, talked a lot about "dehumanization and its implications" in relation to slavery. His focus had a lot to do with the psychological aspects of why slavery took place. He...... middle of paper...... in America. Their views are similar on a few key issues, but they differ significantly on the details. While Davis likes to focus more on the psychological aspect, such as the subconscious and the ego, and why slavery was happening and needed to be abolished in this way. Patterson benefits from a more direct view of economic and social aspects. James is similar to Patterson in this sense, with his emphasis on social class. All three like to look at many different points of view and examine them in depth, even though their conclusions may be different. They clearly inspire each other. They read each other's work and it allows them to contemplate their own work and modify it to be better. This is why it is so important to have a multitude of historians. Through this we can read their work and learn in different ways why slavery was and should be abolished..