ONE SONG BY THE SMITHS....A SERIES FOR SATURDAYS (Part 31)

I could be wrong but I think it was John Spears, in his book on the American slave trade, who wondered (in a rhetorical way, clearly) if there was anything new to be said about great historical events, such as the slave trade, where so much ink and paper had already been usefully employed. He pondered this question in the preface to a book that was nearly 300 pages long. His answer was in the writing, I guess. There is always something more to be said, even if it is just about a certain reinterp...

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