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‘Emancipation from above or Emancipation from below. But Emancipation.’ – Reflections on Emancipation. - Searchlight

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For a long time during the period of colonisation and in the immediate post-independence period, our history written largely by Europeans informed us that our ancestors owed their freedom from Slavery to William Wilberforce and the ‘Saints’/humanitarians. Then came Eric Williams, later Prime Minister of  Trinidad and Tobago with his classic work CAPITALISM AND SLAVERY, published in 1944. He turned this up sided down by highlighting the role of t…
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Searchlight broke the news in on Friday, July 25, 2025.
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