can i link his opinion on freedom/eduction to Rousseau?
in that he blamed slavery on a vicious cycle learned by white boys on the plantation...and that the boys couldn't help but to follow in what they were taught. (i.e. children are good by nature, and society corrupts the,).
is this too far fetched?
sorry if this question doesn't make sense. it's 4 am where i'm at.
2007-07-09 23:49:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I agree with the Prof. It's your own idea and that makes it worth pursuing. You are not only going to have state your thesis clearly (after you get a good sleep) but also make your argument very clear as to the nature of this link that you see.
It won't be an easy argument to make. But it is true research, thought, and argumentation--the true academic process.
Go for it.
Maggie
2007-07-10 02:44:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Um, leitzia, France got rid of slavery in about 1848, not 100 years before America did. I have no idea where you came up with this incredibly wrong answer.
Here is an article from the International Herald Tribune from May 11, 2006 in which the celebrate the 158th anniversary of the official end of slavery in France. 2006-158 = 1848.
whale
2007-07-10 05:37:22 · answer #2 · answered by WilliamH10 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah it is stretching but it is at least your own idea, not some tired rehashing of the obvious. If this came in to me as an essay it would be well-received just because of that. Make sure though that you have a clear, specific thesis to state.
Good luck
2007-07-10 02:20:56 · answer #3 · answered by CanProf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it's too far fetched.
Rousseau didn't blame slavery on white boys on the plantation.
He blamed it on black africans in the interior of Africa enslaving them, putting yokes across each set of shoulders, and marching them to the coast to be sold to white boys on ships to transport to white boys on plantations.
Actually, Rousseau didn't do that, but I find I just did.
2007-07-09 23:56:03 · answer #4 · answered by Jack P 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Enter "Thomas Jefferson On Slavery" in any search engine and you'll read what he had to say on it.
Don't link him to the French thinkers of the Enlightenment on the issue of slavery. Remember that is precisely the difference between the French Revolution and the American: the French abolished slavery almost a hundred years before the US did.
2007-07-10 01:08:15 · answer #5 · answered by Letizia 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋