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080 _a13.02.01 G3275
100 _aRamphal, Shridath S.
245 _aHeritage of oneness
260 _bCommonwealth Secretariat
_aLondonGB
_c1988
300 _a45 p.
520 _aRetraces pathways that brought Africans and Indians to British Guiana. Describes life on plantation Vreed-en-Hoop and other plantations of Guyana's coastland and uses this to analyse the social, cultural, economic, and political experiences the immigrants suffered under slavery and indentureship. Reviews the struggle for emancipation. Outlines lessons to be learned by the Guyanese people from their common history of slavery, indenture and colonialism. These include the importance of national cohesion, the primacy of educational development, the eradication of servitude, racism, intolerance, oppression, authoritarianism, and the honest admission and correction of past mistakes.
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