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When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long… — C.L.R. James

Political literature · Historical literature

When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity.

C.L.R. James
The Black Jacobins · 1938
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Anti-imperialism
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Political literatureHistorical literature
Time
1938
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C.L.R. James
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James, C.L.R. The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution. Secker & Warburg, 1938, ch. 5.

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