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'''Creating Common historical fallacies taught by high school & other teachers''' | '''Creating Common historical fallacies taught by high school & other teachers''' | ||
* teachers have a point of view that inescapably informs their teaching | * teachers are frequently responsible for erroneous historical facts or interpretations | ||
** teachers have a point of view that inescapably informs their teaching | |||
* the best teachers "teach" not "preach" | * the best teachers "teach" not "preach" | ||
** but even the most objectively-minded teacher has as a point of view, an underlying outlook | ** but even the most objectively-minded teacher has as a point of view, an underlying outlook | ||
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[[File:US-SlaveryPercentbyState1790-1860.svg|thumb|Evolution of the enslaved population of the United States as a percentage of the population of each state, 1790–1860]] | [[File:US-SlaveryPercentbyState1790-1860.svg|thumb|Evolution of the enslaved population of the United States as a percentage of the population of each state, 1790–1860]] | ||
==== logical fallacy 1: colonial slave v. overall population growth ==== | ==== logical fallacy 1: colonial slave v. overall population growth ==== | ||
* the growth of colonial African slavery was linear until the development of the cotton gin | |||
*** but | ** after which, given the truly slave-dependent cotton economy ("king cotton") slavery became a more important element of the US economy | ||
*** therefore slavery was not the basis of the colonial | *** but it was never a dominant or even majority source of American economic activity | ||
==== logical fallacy 2: | ** up to 1800, colonial population growth was much higher for whites than for slaves | ||
** whereas, after 1800, slave population increased dramatically, overtaking white populations in many areas of the south | |||
*** therefore slavery was not the basis of the colonial development | |||
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==== logical fallacy 2: colonial per capita wealth not reliant upon slavery ==== | |||
* as a proportion of per capita private wealth in 1774: | * as a proportion of per capita private wealth in 1774: | ||
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||Wealth source|| All 13 colonies || New England || Middle Colonies || South | ||Wealth source|| All 13 colonies || New England || Middle Colonies || South |