The early modern era. And by that i mean, essentially, three things. First, the origins and the rise of capitalism around the atlantic beginning in the late 16th century and continuing thereafter to the present. Secondly, the establishment of european dominance around the world. This is another major theme to which the slave trade is connected. And then finally, we are talking today about one of the very foundations of American History. America is the result of the meeting of three very old cultures, and you might say continents. People from europe, people from west africa, and people from native america. So today were going to talk about one of those three pillars. The african slave trade. Now, i want to begin with a quote by a very eminent africanamerican scholar activist named w. E. B. Dubois. Heres what dubois said about the atlantic slave trade. Dubois wrote the most magnificent drama in the last thousand years of Human History is the transportation of 10 million human beings out
Veteran of the publishing world. I worked for harper is a Senior Editor and Vice President for many years and went on to work at Simon Schuster as well. So i have been around the block. Im a bit of a veteran in all fields, but we have learned so many things in this conference so far. It such a delight, such a pleasure to the wonderful keynote speech about the importance of words and the report from the frontlines of so many countries, south africa and russia, marvelous and to learn that the First Encounter between europe and the new world, between the conquistadors and the quinta was over a book and on and on with the heritage of Thomas Jefferson and the wonderful discussions that you just heard. At such a vibrant discussion. And wonderful to know that it will go on on in the sum of as we go forward around the world. Now what we have learned in the whole process is that the book culture is changing, although we all know i think in our hearts that the world of books which we have known
Luminaries including former prime ministers and premiers paid tribute to former NSW premier Bob Carr’s wife at the funeral of the businesswoman and a natural peacemaker.