From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492-1969Dr. William's purpose, as he explains in his foreword, is twofold: to set the record straight by collating all existing knowledge of the Caribbean in realtion to the rest of the world, and to provide, through greater awareness of its heritage of exploitation and neglect, a sure foundation for the economic integration of the region to which, as a statesman, he is firmly committed. |
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... nature , life and liberty . Rousseau thus cut away the ground from under the argument of inferiority by refusing to acknowledge any such alienation of individual liberty as would make one man the slave of another . Rousseau's emphasis ...
... nature , life and liberty . Rousseau thus cut away the ground from under the argument of inferiority by refusing to acknowledge any such alienation of individual liberty as would make one man the slave of another . Rousseau's emphasis ...
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... nature . ' The philosophical attack led naturally to the humanitarian . In Candide , Voltaire painted the unforgettable picture of the Negro whose hand had been amputated when it was caught in the sugar machinery , and whose leg had ...
... nature . ' The philosophical attack led naturally to the humanitarian . In Candide , Voltaire painted the unforgettable picture of the Negro whose hand had been amputated when it was caught in the sugar machinery , and whose leg had ...
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... nature , the principles of law and government , the whole doctrine , in short , of natural religion and the revealed voice of God . It was from this basis that Clarkson approached the question of Negro inferiority and the strictures of ...
... nature , the principles of law and government , the whole doctrine , in short , of natural religion and the revealed voice of God . It was from this basis that Clarkson approached the question of Negro inferiority and the strictures of ...
Contents
Introduction 10 | 10 |
Westward Ho | 13 |
Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the West Indies | 18 |
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