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... European plantations abroad , which could be done from no other country but this without depopulating Europe - I say , put a stop to the slave trade and all the others cease of course.'1 This enthusiastic message by one of the surgeons ...
... European plantations abroad , which could be done from no other country but this without depopulating Europe - I say , put a stop to the slave trade and all the others cease of course.'1 This enthusiastic message by one of the surgeons ...
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... European culture : the longing to return to the condition of Adam and Eve . European man boasted of his large cities , his fine clothes , his manners , his books and libraries , and his religion : but he also felt shackled by them ...
... European culture : the longing to return to the condition of Adam and Eve . European man boasted of his large cities , his fine clothes , his manners , his books and libraries , and his religion : but he also felt shackled by them ...
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... European , why he had differ- ent social codes which by European standards were ' im- moral ' , and why , above all , he was not a Christian , did not believe in Christ , and exhibited no great desire to do so . To say that it was his ...
... European , why he had differ- ent social codes which by European standards were ' im- moral ' , and why , above all , he was not a Christian , did not believe in Christ , and exhibited no great desire to do so . To say that it was his ...
Contents
The Abolition Myth II | 11 |
PART | 19 |
Questions of Policy | 23 |
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The Great White Lie: Slavery, Emancipation, and Changing Racial Attitudes Jack Gratus No preview available - 1973 |
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