When analyzing diaries, we need to remember that one self censors to keep the light side of truth visible for children or future publications.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Sources
It is interesting that even though we are reading a book from the slaves perspective we are still using sources from white masters. Is there not more slave narratives to draw from? Are we forever doomed to hear about the morality of the masters while ignoring the voice of slaves. I am only through book 1, but from what I can tell the rest of the book draws from white master diaries.
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Alex,
ReplyDeleteI did not even recognize this issue as I was reading. I do think that he brings in a decent amount of information from the slave's point of view, but I certainly agree that the citations weigh heavily on the side of the masters. I am not sure if this is due to a lack of slave accounts or it is because there are so many more sources from the masters when compared to that of the slaves. Great observation!