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Hidden Contributions of Enslaved Persons to Industrialisation, Science and Medicine

The trans-Atlantic slave trade and the institution of slavery in North, Central, and South America subjected enslaved Africans to horrendous experiences and unspeakable suffering. These individuals were forcibly uprooted from their homes, torn apart from their families, and subjected to brutal conditions that dehumanized them. The harrowing journey across the Atlantic, known as the Middle […]

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Who was Samuel Sharpe and what was the Baptist War of 1831?

In the vibrant annals of Jamaican history, certain threads stand out, woven with the indomitable spirit of resistance and the quest for freedom. Among these, the legacy of Samuel Sharpe and the Baptist War holds a place of profound reverence. While British abolitionists like William Wilberforce are acknowledged for their roles in ending slavery, it

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Africans thrown overboard from a slave ship, Brazil

Myths and Misconceptions about the Slave Trade and Slavery

Myth: Global slavery is a product of capitalism.Fact: Global slavery is older than the first human records; the laws of Hammurabi contain references to slave from 3,800 years ago (1755-1750 BCE to be exact). Myth: Slavery is a product of Western Civilization.Fact: Slavery is virtually a universal institution. The Shang dynasty which ruled China 🇨🇳

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Anti-slavery in Precolonial Africa

Also, it is important to clarify that in many African societies jails in the modern arrangement did not exist, so what today we call prisoners, some academics have lazily called slaves. In the absence of standalone jails, imprisonment as slaves was used to punish treason, murder, grievous bodily harm, rape or kidnapping.

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The Slave Trade in Black Africans

There are a lot of misconceptions about what happened during the Trans-Sahara slave trade and the Atlantic slave trade in black Africans, including how it began. Many people believe the slave trade in Africans began in 1619. In truth, we know that slavery itself began much earlier. Refer to the laws of Hammurabi as one

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10 Non-African Nations involved in the slave trade

Many countries from Europe, Asia Minor and America were involved in the slave trade, transporting Africans against their will from Africa to their own countries or colonies to profit from their re-sale or value in use. In the following table, the estimates of the numbers of people transported, the flags of the carriers and their

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10 African nations involved in the slave trade

The slave trade was the horrific trafficking of Africans as slaves to the Americas, Europe and Middle East. Between 1500 AD and 1890 AD, over twenty-two million (22,000,000) Africans were sold into slavery (R.A. Austen 1979). Seven million (6,856,000) were sold east: 3,956,000 were sold across the Sahara and 2,900,000 were sold across the Red

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10 nations that didn’t take part in the slave trade

The Trans-Atlantic slave trade and the Trans-Sahara slave trade were the horrific human trafficking of Africans as slaves by slave traders to Europe, America, North Africa and the Middle East. Despite the prices that could be earned, there were many African nations which did not take part in the slave trade and resisted these abhorrent

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Kingdom of Oyo

The kingdom of Oyo, also known as the Oyo Empire, is a West African monarchy, that at its peak, covered 270,000 square kilometres (1). It stretched from parts of the Republic of Benin in the west to the southwest of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the east. To the north, it bordered the Nupe

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Hidden Contributions of Enslaved Persons to Industrialisation, Science and Medicine

Who was Samuel Sharpe and what was the Baptist War of 1831?

Myths and Misconceptions about the Slave Trade and Slavery

Anti-slavery in Precolonial Africa

The Slave Trade in Black Africans

10 Non-African Nations involved in the slave trade

10 African nations involved in the slave trade

10 nations that didn’t take part in the slave trade

Kingdom of Oyo

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