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CAPE SLAVERY AND ITS LEGACY

Cape Slave Historiography and the Question of Intellectual Dependence

Pages 26-49 | Published online: 14 Jan 2009

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  • Christopher Saunders drew my attention to this very practical reason
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  • Ibid., 14
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