antw. mddm: dialectics of master & slave/: dutch post-slavery riot on monday

> * "i heard a loud noise in the heavens and the spirit instantly appeare=
d to
>  me and said the serpent was loosened, and christ had laid down the yok=
e he=20
>  had borne for the sins of man, and that i should take it on and fight =
against=20
>  the serpent, for the time was fast approaching when the first should b=
e last=20
>  and the last should be first." --- nat turner ---
>
> quoted after r. newman/m. sawyer: everybody say freedom. everything you=
 need
> to know about african-american history. new york 1996: plume/penguin, p=
p.=20
> 68f.
>
> "what we know primarily about african-american slave revolts is that th=
ere
>  were many more of them, and they were much more important than the
>  conventional history books generally admit. the planter class played d=
own
>  slave rebellions  for two reasons: theoretically, because revolution=20
>  contradicted their myth of contented and docile slaves; and, pragmatic=
ally,
>  because the masters were deeply fearful that news of any one 'servile
>  insurrection,' as they were called, might inspire others." (65)
>
>
> + kfl ***
>

... from page 9 of today's 'frankfurter allgemeine zeitung':

"in amsterdam ist es bei der enth=FCllung des 'nationalen denkmals an die=
=20
sklavereivergangenheit' in anwesenheit von k=F6nigin beatrix und des amti=
erenden=20
ministerpr=E4sidenten kok zu lautstarken protesten von angeh=F6rigen der =
farbigen,=20
antillianischen, arubanischen und surinamischen gemeinschaft gekommen. di=
e feier=20
am montag nachmittag im oosterpark war nur f=FCr geladene g=E4ste zug=E4n=
glich. als=20
mehrere hundert nachfahren niederl=E4ndischer sklaven versuchten, die abs=
perrungen=20
zu =FCberwinden, wurden sie von zum teil berittener polizei auf abstand g=
ehalten.=20
dabei kam es zu kleineren rangeleien. die protestierenden wurden erst nac=
h dem=20
ende der zeremonie zu dem denkmal vorgelassen. die niederlande haben 300 =
jahre=20
lang zwischen westafrika und amerika mit sklaven gehandelt."

... south africa (m&d), mauritius (gr) ... yes, i guess it's safe to say =
that=20
pynchon is interested in dutch colonial history ... kfl +++