This was a supplied question from class: Could/Should Hochschild have given more voice to Africans' accounts of slavery? How so?
It is obvious that this question is about the bias of the author. Hochschild is clear in his writing that he praises the white Britons far more than the African slaves. It isn't that Hochschild is racist, he is just bias because of the documents and facts he is using. At the time, the historical documents were written by white people. As a result of this novel being non fiction, it is difficult to find the records of black authors. This question has much debate that I am very curious to look into.
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