For Black History Month

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I mean history taught authentically and with no bias attached.

I know that's what you meant. In my experience there is no such thing,there are only differences in degree.

I agree. In the history of the Netherlands, the Dutch are taught that the Belgians wanted to be independent and we negotiated and let them get that status (its in our national curriculum that way). The Belgians however are taught that they fought fierce battles and rose up against the tyrants of Holland. The truth is most likely somewhere in the middle. The Belgians did indeed fight for their independence, and when the nobility from Holland saw that it would take too many resources to strike down this uprising they reluctantly agreed. Brabant and Limburg as provinces were divided between the Netherlands and Belgium, and an agreement was signed in London to ensure that the port of Antwerp would be kept accessible by the Dutch without imposing a toll on the ships on the way to and from the Belgian port, in return the Belgians would pay the Dutch for keeping the waterway maintained.