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Gerald Horne

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American historian (born 1949)

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Works
59

Top works

  • Blows Against the Empire
  • World and Africa and Color and Democracy (the Oxford W. E. B. du Bois)
  • Acknowledging Radical Histories
  • Class Struggle in Hollywood
  • African Americans & A New History of the USA

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1917-06-30
Active to
2010-05-09
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Quotes

  • To the extent that 1776 led to the resultant U.S., which came to captain the African Slave Trade—as London moved in an opposing direction toward a revolutionary abolition of this form of property—the much-celebrated revolt of the North American settlers can fairly be said to have eventuated as a counter-revolution of slavery.
  • This is a book about the role of slavery and the slave trade in the events leading up to 4 July 1776 in igniting the rebellion that led to the founding of the United States of America. ... It is a story that does not see the founding of the U.S.A. as inevitable—or even a positive development: for Africans (or indigenes) most particularly.
  • Ironically, the founders of the republic have been hailed and lionized by left, right, and center for&mdash;in effect&mdash;creating the first apartheid state.
  • Even when one posits this economic conflict as overriding all others in sparking revolt, the larger point was that it was slavery that was driving these fortunes, particularly in the North American colonies.

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