African merchants, the poor, royalty -- anyone -- could be abducted in the raids and wars that were undertaken by Africans to secure slaves that they could trade. The slave trade devastated ...
In the early 18th century, Kings of Dahomey (known today as Benin) became big players in the slave trade, waging a bitter ... Some of the descendants of African traders are alive today.
In East Africa a slave trade was well established before the Europeans arrived on the scene. It was driven by the sultanates of the Middle East. African slaves ended up as sailors in Persia ...
Their lives were thrown into chaos when they decided to travel to England to establish trade relations – but got sold into slavery along the way.
The transatlantic slave trade ... to deny people of African descent the opportunity to thrive. He called on governments to acknowledge the truth and finally honour the trade's legacy by taking ...
Dr. Chavis shows us that the fight against the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade is not just about seeking justice for ...
“The name Chibok is familiar to all of you, but you have no idea how many Chiboks there are, especially in the West African subregion ... that “the slave trade and slavery are among ...
African merchants, the poor, royalty -- anyone -- could be abducted in the raids and wars that were undertaken by Africans to secure slaves that they could trade. The slave trade devastated ...