Entries Tagged to 'slave trade'
Historian Toby Green, author of The Rise of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in Western Africa: 1300-1589 on: the scale of the Transatlantic slave trade over 350 years; its relationship to the previously existing slave trade and the growth of global capitalism; and its impact on those parts of Africa where the Transatlantic slave trade first took off.
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March 25, 2013
Historian Toby Green, author of The Rise of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in Western Africa: 1300-1589 on: the Mandinkas' strong links in West Africa with the North African slave traders; the adoption of the cultural patterns of these slave traders and their cultures (which he terms primary creolisation); the role of the New Christians (converted Jews out of Spain and Portugal) in the Transatlantic slave trade; and the strong facility of those in the region to speak many languages.
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March 25, 2013
Historian Toby Green, author of The Rise of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in Western Africa: 1300-1598 on: on contemporary attitudes to race and racism; how the incomers took on different aspects of African culture; how during this period African rulers remained powerful but how these external influences created cycles of violence and destabilisation.
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March 25, 2013
