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=Evaluation of Sources (250-400 words= My first source is a book titled “Rough Crossings” by Simon Schama. The origin of the book shows that it was first published in 2005. This would give hindsight on the subject. But more importantly by this time archives would have released many more sources therefore giving Schama a greater scope upon the subject. The purpose of the book is to tell the story from a different point of view. Many people see the British Empire as the main cause behind the Slave Trade but Schama tries to display that Britain was not the only country reaping the benefits of the trade. The values of this source is that Schama did not read other books written by other authors in order to obtain his research but he travelled to the appropriate locations and conducted all the research upon each original source himself. This means that his views are original and aren’t tainted by other historical views made by different historians. However Schama has written this book to be read almost as a story, going through event by event and individual by individual and you don’t really get an idea of the overall view at the time of the Slave Trade nor do you get any in depth analysis into the economy via tables and figures.