... to keep in mind the differences between and the limitations of both these kinds of sources. Both types raise questions of bias and reliability. Everyone who gives an account of history does so with a purpose. We must carefully analyse each source and make clear what we can and cannot learn from it. The economic accounts of slavery are presented as objective ... . "Facts" and figures are used to analyse the profitability of slavery. Ernest Williams, for example in From Columbus to Castro: the history of the Caribbean, 1492-1969 (1970) provides a lot of numerical data detailing the rise an...

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... deliberately limited their self expression and outlawed any formalized, slave-controlled, educational practices . By slaves learning from their masters alone, they were stripped of any opportunity to learn of the history of their ancestry, including their culture. Although the majority of slaves simply ignored the Whites" wishes, prior to the Civil War, educational benefits had been systematically closed to black children ... ...

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