... problems established by these studies of slavery and emancipation and puts forth alternative ideas of a comparative assessment on the black experience, drawing partially on the traditional works of scholars like W.E.B Du Bois, C.L.R. James, and Eric Williams. Holt emphasizes the notion of diaspora as dynamic and ever changing. Along with difference and separation, his argument is that the black diaspora allows us to ... ...

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... well documented, and British navy officials kept extensive records of the illegal slave trade of the 19th century. Studies based on these numerous shipping and government documents, including Harvard University's W. E. B. Du Bois Institute's database of 27,500 slave voyages, compiled in 1993-1997, have supported an estimate of about 11 to 12 million slave exports and 9 to 10 million slave imports into ... ...

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