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Resplenda Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

What does this sentence mean?

"It is typical of hundreds that were to follow in the generations to come, and we may pause to examine the event as described by its guiding spirit." I got this from an excerpt of Slave and Capitalism, but do not understand the sentence at all. The preceding context is "The earliest extand record of a slave-catching expedition is that kept by Azurara, leader of a Portuguese venture in 1446."

Looking for someone to explain it to me plz:)
  

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It is typical of hundreds that were to follow in the generations to come = Azurara's record is similar to ('typical of') the hundreds of slave-catching/trading records that were written later in the next 300 years or so and we may pause to examine the event as described by its guiding spirit = so let's read some of Azurara's record.

— Mister Micawber

  • It is typical of hundreds that were to follow in the generations to come = Azurara's record is similar to ('typical of') the hundreds of slave-catching/trading records that were written later in the next 300 years or so and we may pause to examine the event as described by its guiding spirit = so let's read some of Azurara's record.
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It is typical of hundreds that were to follow in the generations to come = Azurara's record is similar to ('typical of') the hundreds of slave-catching/trading records that were written later in the next 300 years or so

and we may pause to examine the event as described by its guiding spirit = so let's read some of Azurara's record.
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To Mister Micawber,

Aligado! Emotion: smile

"Resplenda bows respetfully in front of you"
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