In today’s Academic Minute, Tufts University's Christopher Schmidt-Nowara describes how the institution of slavery came to an end in Latin America. Schmidt-Nowara is a professor of history and the Prince of Asturias Chair in Spanish Culture and Civilization at Tufts, and author of Slavery, Freedom, and Abolition in Latin America and the Atlantic World (University of New Mexico Press). Find out more about him here. A transcript of this podcast can be found here.