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Historians and slavery.(Letter to the editor)
SIR: I enjoyed reading Keith Windschuttle's "Abolition of the Slave Trade: The Australian Connection" (April 2007), but I do wish Mr Windschuttle would conserve some of his ammunition for more serious targets. The article reminds me of the late Professor Pigou's review of Keynes: "What is true is not new and what is new is not true."
It is not true that historians no longer mention Phillip's anti-slavery declaration. I have taught it to students at Sydney, Melbourne and Macquarie for over thirty years and a few e-mails confirm that most of my colleagues who teach early ...
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