Can you point me to some examples of respectful reviews of "Slave Nation"? Because the only one I found in a major academic publication is basically a diplomatic way of saying "this book's main thesis is nonsense."pic.twitter.com/BnT1nKeNxM
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Can you point me to some examples of respectful reviews of "Slave Nation"? Because the only one I found in a major academic publication is basically a diplomatic way of saying "this book's main thesis is nonsense."pic.twitter.com/BnT1nKeNxM
This review does not say the thesis is nonsense - It disagrees with part of thesis and accepts part of it. "The authors are very well read and make a good, though circumstantial, argument for the second proposition, adducing several factors to support it."
Well, it says that the thesis stated as fact in the Hannah-Jones article -- that the preservation of slavery was a key motive for the American Revolution -- is baseless and contradicted by some key facts. That's the first proposition.
The second proposition -- that northern delegates would not agree to a compromise with the South unless steps were taken to restrict the spread of slavery -- actually contradicts that thesis.
No it does not contradict. The whole point is that prior to Revolution there was already a compromise in place to preserve slavery in South, with deals that included stuff like restricting spread. The point is the compromise.
Where does it say that the compromise was in place prior to the Revolution? I haven't gotten to that part of the book yet, but I don't see where that's inferred in the review.
"The thesis of this book, that the American na- tion was built on a compromise over slavery and that there would have been no nation unless the northern states had acquiesced to southern demands for maintenance and ex pansion of the institution"
But that's a completely uncontroversial proposition, isn't it?
Judging by the reaction to 1619 I'd say this still freaks people out.
What might be bothering some is that anyone who disagrees with argument that slavery causes everything from traffic jams to predatory debt instruments will soon be called a white supremacists.
Yes, there are paranoid people out there with persecution complexes and a love of strawmen villains.
In the current political climate, in which you have AOC suggesting Nancy Pelosi is a racist, it's not so paranoid.
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