http://nicobethel.net/blogworld/2006/12/on-abolition/ Nicolette Bethel's Blog Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:30:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://nicobethel.net/blogworld/2006/12/on-abolition/comment-page-1/#comment-4673 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Bahamas: Bicentenary of Abolition of Slave Trade Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:11:59 +0000 http://nicobethel.net/blogworld/?p=210#comment-4673 [...] Why should the 2007 bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade by Great Britain be commemorated? According to Nicolette Bethel, “the short answer is that it marks the beginning of a process of emancipation that involved all parties — the slaveowners as well as the slaves. The long answer is that Abolition created a culture that provided the foundations of the one in which we live today. If we begin with the question about who enslaved whom and when that ended and who ended it, we begin in the wrong place.” Janine Mendes-Franco [...] [...] Why should the 2007 bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade by Great Britain be commemorated? According to Nicolette Bethel, “the short answer is that it marks the beginning of a process of emancipation that involved all parties — the slaveowners as well as the slaves. The long answer is that Abolition created a culture that provided the foundations of the one in which we live today. If we begin with the question about who enslaved whom and when that ended and who ended it, we begin in the wrong place.” Janine Mendes-Franco [...]

]]> http://nicobethel.net/blogworld/2006/12/on-abolition/comment-page-1/#comment-4631 Rick Lowe Sat, 16 Dec 2006 19:52:05 +0000 http://nicobethel.net/blogworld/?p=210#comment-4631 Looking forward the remainder of the series on this subject Doc. This piece was nicely put. Looking forward the remainder of the series on this subject Doc.
This piece was nicely put.

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