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JustABozoOnThisBus

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40. Is the slave trade covered well in Jamaican schools?

Sun Aug 2, 2020, 03:21 PM

Aug 2020

By some charts, it looks like the trade to Jamaica was three times as large as to the American colonies and United States.

https://www.statista.com/chart/19068/trans-atlantic-slave-trade-by-country-region/

I'm assuming the Jamaican trade, like the start of America, was run by England. Did Jamaica have many more slaves, or did they suffer death in sugar more quickly than America's cotton and tobacco cash crops?

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The lies our textbooks told generations of Virginians about slavery [View all] Dennis Donovan Aug 2020 OP

I graduated from HS in VA HAB911 Aug 2020 #1

I wonder what the teacher's reason for that was? brush Aug 2020 #3

It wasn't much of a mystery to the entire class, lol HAB911 Aug 2020 #5

Sorry, maybe it still early. What's the diff between the war between... brush Aug 2020 #7

To us HAB911 Aug 2020 #12

"Civil War" implies that the war was between factions in one country. Mariana Aug 2020 #13

++++ HAB911 Aug 2020 #15

Ok, now I get it. Oops, a light bulb in this room just went out. brush Aug 2020 #22

In the south, most students were taught it was the War of Northern Aggression. yardwork Aug 2020 #11

there you go! HAB911 Aug 2020 #14

That's like calling WWII the "War of British Agression" DBoon Aug 2020 #37

My eighth grade history teacher called it "The War of Northern Aggression" csziggy Aug 2020 #18

Surprised it wasn't AleksS Aug 2020 #26

In Michigan DownriverDem Aug 2020 #27

And generations of white students got a similar version of stories... brush Aug 2020 #2

#blackLivesMatter riversedge Aug 2020 #4

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Is the slave trade covered well in Jamaican schools? JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2020 #40

Not as much as we'd like it but it is covered from our malaise Aug 2020 #42

As a student in Virginia I remember this spin in the 50s/60s Yonnie3 Aug 2020 #8

American history has been largely white washed... Wounded Bear Aug 2020 #9

Many of us were taught versions of these lies. We must confront them. yardwork Aug 2020 #10

Who doesn't remember the 'they were well-treated' tropes sandensea Aug 2020 #16

I Don't RobinA Aug 2020 #19

You're lucky sandensea Aug 2020 #20

I was taught this in Northern Ohio, around 1970 Auggie Aug 2020 #17

Where in Ohio? I grew up in Akron and didn't have this extreme slant. we can do it Aug 2020 #29

Cleveland suburbs (a caucasian bubble) ... Auggie Aug 2020 #32

Sounds like Parma we can do it Aug 2020 #36

Lot smaller. Very red. Always has been. Auggie Aug 2020 #41

It's not just slavery. Texas rewrote textbooks published across the nation to omit the Vietnam war dlk Aug 2020 #21

What has been perpetrated is "beyond words" leanforward Aug 2020 #23

Black scholars attempted to push for "multiculturalism" and curriculum changes BumRushDaShow Aug 2020 #24

The "Virginia History Trip" in the 4th grade was a big deal. ooky Aug 2020 #25

How long ago was that trip? n/t TheRickles Aug 2020 #30

Good question. I was in the 4th grade in 1962. ooky Aug 2020 #35

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German neo-nazis use the confederate battle flag as their emblem for that reason DBoon Aug 2020 #38

what does that tell you? CTyankee Aug 2020 #39

The text about Gen. Lee and his horse... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #28

This "polish on a turd" article reminds me of Tom Lehrer BobTheSubgenius Aug 2020 #31

Being the north the institution was treated a bit differently....still sugar coated at times. Historic NY Aug 2020 #34

Holy hell!! nt Duppers Aug 2020 #43