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Material Information
- Title:
- Eric Williams ‘School Bags’ Essay Competition
- Creator:
- Eric Williams Memorial Collection
- Affiliation:
- University of the West Indies -- Saint Augustine -- Eric Williams Memorial Collection
- Place of Publication:
- St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
- Publisher:
- Eric Williams Memorial Collection.
- Publication Date:
- 2007
- Language:
- English
Subjects
- Subjects / Keywords:
- Caribbean ( LCSH )
Slavery ( LCSH )
- Spatial Coverage:
- North America -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad -- Saint Augustine -- Caribbean
Caribbean
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- University of Florida
- Holding Location:
- University of the West Indies
- Rights Management:
- All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
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The Eric Williams Memorial
Collection
P.O. Box 561631* Miami, Fl 33256-1631* USA Tel: 305-271-7246 Cell: 305-905-9999 Fax: 305-271-4160
Eric Williams Memorial Collection Sponsors Regional
Bicentenary 'School Bags' Essay Competition
Port of Spain, TRINIDAD and TOBAGO (October 22, 2007) The Eric Williams
Memorial Collection (EWMC) at the University of the West Media Contact:
Erica Williams Connell
Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, announces the inauguration of 305-905-9999
ewc.suilan@.iuno.com
the "Eric Williams 'School Bags' Essay Competition." In Helen Kitti Smith
214-546-4535
honour of the 2007 Bicentenary of the British Abolition of kittismith@earthlink.net
the Transatlantic Trade in Africans, this regional effort is co-
sponsored by the Jamaica National Bicentenary Committee.
Dr Eric Williams, noted scholar/historian and the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and
Tobago, authored the classic Capitalism and Slavery, which is widely considered to have
"defined the study of Caribbean History."
Throughout his life, Williams gave special emphasis to learning. He often said "to
educate is to emancipate." On August 30, 1962, the eve of his country's Independence from
Britain, he exhorted:
"You, the children, yours is the great responsibility to educate your parents, teach
them to live together in harmony... To your tender and loving hands, the future of the
Nation is entrusted. In your innocent hearts, the pride of the Nation is enshrined. On
your scholastic development, the salvation of the Nation is dependent...you carry the
future of Trinidad and Tobago in your school bags."
The contest is offered to all final year Sixth Form students in the former and current
British-colonized Caribbean countries: Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British
Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts &
Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos. It
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will be held from September 15 through December 15, 2007. Winners will be announced on
March 1, 2008. All entries will be based on Eric Williams' seminal work and will discuss two
questions: How has Capitalism and Slavery shaped current debates on the commerce in African
slaves and the abolition of slavery? What relevance, if any, do these debates have for today's
student?
First prizewinners will receive a four-day trip for two to Trinidad and Tobago with
airfare, hotel accommodations and two meals daily; a tour of the Eric Williams Memorial
Collection and University of the West Indies campus; a US $1000 educational voucher; courtesy
calls on the President of Trinidad and Tobago and the Speaker of the House of Representatives; a
tour of Parliament; a set of Eric Williams' books; and a framed certificate. The winning essay
will also be published. In the event of a Trinidad and Tobago winner, a trip to Jamaica will be
substituted.
Patrons of the Eric Williams Memorial Collection's 'School Bags' Essay Competition
are: Caribbean Airlines, Ltd.; Caribbean Development Bank; CARICOM; CL Financial, Ltd.;
Digicel Trinidad & Tobago, Ltd.; LIAT (1974) Ltd.; Trinidad Hilton; University of the West
Indies. Detailed information and runner-up prizes are listed on the EWMC's
website: www.mainlib.uwi.tt/eric.html.
The Eric Williams Memorial Collection constitutes the Library, Archives and Museum of
Eric Williams. It was inaugurated by former US Secretary of State Colin Powell in 1998, and
named to UNECSO's prestigious Memory of the WorldRegister in 1999.
For more information, please contact Erica Williams Connell, Eric Williams Memorial
Collection P.O. Box 561631, Miami, FL 33256-1631, USA. Tel: (305) 271-7246; Fax: (305)
271-4160; Cell: (305)905-9999 Email: ewc.suilan(iuno.com or Helen Kitti Smith Tel:
(214)546-4535; Email: kittismith(@earthlink.net. Other website information:
htt ://nalmm.fcla.edu/eew/.
EWMC
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Media Contact : Erica Williams Connell 305-905-9999 ewc.suilan@juno.com Helen Kitti Smith 214-546-4535 kittismith@earthlink.net The Eric Williams Memorial Collection ________________________________________________________________________________________________ P.O. Box 561631 Miami, Fl 33256-1631 USA Tel: 305-271-7246 * Cell: 305-905-9999 Fax: 305-271-4160 Eric Williams Memorial Collection Sponsors Regional Bicentenary 'School Bags' Essay Competition Port of Spain, TRINIDAD and TOBAGO (October 22, 2007) The Eric Williams Memorial Collection (EWMC) at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, announces the inauguration of the “Eric Williams ‘School Bags’ Essay Competition.” In honour of the 2007 Bicentenary of the British Abolition of the Transatlantic Trade in Africans, this regional effort is cosponsored by the Jamaica National Bicentenary Committee. Dr Eric Williams, noted scholar/historian a nd the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, authored the classi c Capitalism and Slavery , which is widely considered to have “defined the study of Caribbean History.” Throughout his life, Williams gave special emphasis to learning . He often said “to educate is to emancipate.” On August 30, 1962, the eve of his country’s Independence from Britain, he exhorted: “You, the children, yours is the great responsibility to educate your par ents, teach them to live together in harmony…To your tender and loving hands, the future of the Nation is entrusted. In your innocent hearts , the pride of the Nation is enshrined. On your scholastic development, the salvati on of the Nation is dependent…you carry the future of Trinidad and Tobago in your school bags.” The contest is offered to all final year Si xth Form students in the former and current British-colonized Caribbean countries: Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Gren ada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos. It
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2 -morewill be held from September 15 through D ecember 15, 2007. Winners will be announced on March 1, 2008. All entries will be based on Eric Williams’ seminal work and will discuss two questions: How has Capitalism and Slavery shaped current debates on the commerce in African slaves and the abolition of slav ery? What relevance, if any, do these debates have for today’s student? First prizewinners will receive a four-day trip for two to Trinidad and Tobago with airfare, hotel accommodations a nd two meals daily; a tour of the Eric Williams Memorial Collection and University of the West Indies campus; a US $1000 educational voucher; courtesy calls on the President of Trinidad and Tobago and the Speaker of the House of Representatives; a tour of Parliament; a set of Eric Williams’ books ; and a framed certificate. The winning essay will also be published. In the ev ent of a Trinidad and Tobago winner, a trip to Jamaica will be substituted. Patrons of the Eric Williams Memorial Collection’s ‘School Bags’ Essay Competition are: Caribbean Airlines, Ltd.; Caribbean Deve lopment Bank; CARICOM; CL Financial, Ltd.; Digicel Trinidad & Tobago, Ltd.; LIAT (1974) Ltd.; Trinidad Hilton; University of the West Indies. Detailed information and runne r-up prizes are listed on the EWMC’s website: www.mainlib.uwi.tt/eric.html . The Eric Williams Memorial Collection constitutes the Library, Archives and Museum of Eric Williams. It was inaugurated by former US Secretary of State Colin Powell in 1998 , and named to UNECSO’s prestigious Memory of the World Register in 1999. For more information, please contact Eri ca Williams Connell, Eric Williams Memorial Collection P.O. Box 561631, Miami, FL 332561631, USA. Tel: (305) 271-7246; Fax: (305) 271-4160; Cell: (305)905-9999 Email: ewc.suilan@juno.com or Helen Kitti Smith Tel: (214)546-4535; Email: kittismith@earthlink.net . Other website information: http://palmm.fcla.edu/eew/ . EWMC
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