Oh, fercryinoutloud, let's dispense with the pissing contest.

Anyone who's interested in the subject, there's plenty to read. Go out and find it, get enlightened, and make up your own mind. Whatever you decide, it ain't going to change what's already happened.

Anyone who goes to a historic site and has questions about what the guides are saying, just ask. If the guide doesn't know, go on up the ladder till you find someone who can tell you. If they can't tell you, do the research yourself, present it with documentation, and you've accomplished two things: 1)you've learned something, and 2) you've given the site information that will improve public interpretation.

Now, I'm turning this into a music thread: Slave Songs
This book was originally published in the late 1860s.