Atlantic Slave Trade Economy
Globe Trekker Special: Transatlantic Slave TradeMay 04, 2012
In this Globe Trekker special, Megan Mc Cormick, Ian Wright, Justine Shapiro and Zoe Palmer take you on a journey across 4 continents to discover more about this terrible episode of history, which saw 12 million slaves taken out of Africa and 2 million killed. The journey begins in West Africa, visiting ports in Benin, Ghana, Senegal and the Cape Verde Islands from where slaves were shipped across the Atlantic. We follow their path to the Americas, with visits to sugar and cotton plantations formerly worked by slaves in Brazil, the United States, and the Caribbean. Next, we see the economic effects of the slave trade on Europe's major cities, in particular London who's most famous companies and institutions were founded and developed on the back of slavery before the successful campaign for the abolition of the slave trade. Finally, we visit the world's most dazzling carnivals, in Rio de Janeiro, Trinidad and London to celebrate the cultural legacy of slave culture. www.pilotguides.com
Another look at African economies and the slave tradeMay 18, 2012
Added: I highly recommend reading "Dahomey and the Dahomans" By Frederick Edwyn Forbes, an abolitionist "The Commander-in-chief received the offer of my services, and at the same time a request from Mr. Duncan, the newly appointed Vice-Consul, that a naval officer should accompany him to the Court of Dahomey, and was pleased to confer on me the honour of the mission. A great deal has been written on the state of the slave trade on the coast and at sea, together with the fate of the slaves in the Brazils. It is the object of the author, in giving publicity to the following Journals, to illustrate the dreadful slave hunts and ravages, the annihilations and exterminations, consequent on this trade ; and to bring prominently before the British public the sacred service they are rendering their fellow-men, in prosecuting their increasing efforts to allay those fearful horrors. I had been often a day or two journeying into various parts of the interior of Africa, and had seen the state of the slave trade in its advanced systematic stage, and had considered the horrors of that division of it disgusting enough. I have visited bara- coons, and seen men so fearfully attenuated, from want and over-exercise in the march to the coast, as to render nature unable to support the frame. I have seen the hold of a slave ship, and the horrors consequent on diseases arising from the crowded state and want of wholesome food to alleviate the cravings of hunger and thirst. I have seen the slave ...
Decay of Benin rise of Dahomey Trans-Atlantic Slave trade part 2Apr 21, 2012
Great Kingdom of Benin www.youtube.com One thing to point out again the article from Robin Law again Page 21 www.fiu.edu "WEB Dub Bois asserted that the evidence showed the supersession in West Africa of early coastal cultures characterized by city democracy and developed craft industries, by despotic militaristic empires such as Dahomey, and also Asante.)" Dahomey Economy stmarys.ca "- Dahomey had a monetary system: cowry shells were the basic currency, but trade goods were used also—guns, bolts of cloth etc. - Europeans tried to take advantage of this currency; they brought so many cowry shells that the shells lost value (inflation). As a result, European trade goods became the basic currency used in the purchase of slaves.... - all trade with Europeans was a royal monopoly and guarded jealously by successive kings; kings never allowed Europeans to bypass and trade directly with people in the kingdom. As a military, predatory state, the costs of government and the military were high; thus,the king needed all the revenue from taxes and the profits of trade that he could get. - Europeans and their influence were confined to one port on the coast—Whydah." Wonders of the African World by Henry Louis Gates page 217 www.amazon.com The damaging effects of the slave trade were seen in the paralysis of courtly politics. Until 1670, King Tefizon of Allada opposed the unrestricted European trade in slaves. He had warned both the Dutch and the French that he wanted neither their ...
Jihad and the European demand for slaves Trans-Atlantic Slave trade part 3Apr 27, 2011
Louise Marie Diop-Maes: translate.google.com "Leo Africanus (early sixteenth century) mentions that the King of Bornu (Chad region) will mount an expedition to capture slaves once a year (1).... "The raids were multiplied to the point of reaching a total of eighty per year in the early nineteenth century, north-east of Central, according to the Tunisian scholar Mohamed el-Tounsy, who traveled to Darfur and Ouaddaï (now Chad) at this time (2). The percentage of prisoners in relation to the whole population thus continually increases from the seventeenth century and the late nineteenth and "once densely populated districts were reclaimed by the bush" or forest (3)." Using Dahomey, again, as an example, I am going to compare it with the Sokotto caliphate. This empires involvement can be blamed, in part, to the European slave traders, I believe, because this had to do with manipulation of African economies. Manipulation of African currency lead rulers to established a system where they relied on the slave trade for stability. The civil wars that seem to go with rising slave prices are linked, I think, to the economy becoming unstable. This lead to movements against the slave trade amongst both Muslim and non Muslim Africans, and at almost the same time in the mid and late 17th century See my other videos on the subject For those who read Robin Law's article Dahomey was basically geared to survive in the brutal environment of the slave trade. Dahomey's ability to remain stable ...
African Background and International Slave Trade, Dr. LMadu1Feb 22, 2012
Comments With Dr. James Haney Presents*African Background and the International Slave Trade,with Dr. LMadu, an International Lawyer, who specializes in Africa and the Middle East ,and talks about the presence of Africans throughout the world, and some of the common challenges faced by many of them in the countries they reside, Part 2, I need your support to continue this site. Send me a donation at www.drjameshaney.com or mail me at James Haney, PO Box 591, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, 37121-0591. I appreciate any help you can give,drjhaney
Jewish Role in the African Slave TradeMay 16, 2012
"Jews also took an active part in the Dutch colonial slave trade; indeed, the bylaws of the Recife and Mauricia congregations (1648) included an imposta (Jewish tax) of five soldos for each Negro slave a Brazilian Jew purchased from the West Indies Company. Slave auctions were postponed if they fell on a Jewish holiday. In Curacao in the seventeenth century, as well as in the British colonies of Barbados and Jamaica in the eighteenth century, Jewish merchants played a major role in the slave trade. In fact, in all the American colonies, whether French (Martinique), British, or Dutch, Jewish merchants frequently dominated." "This was no less true on the North American mainland, where during the eighteenth century Jews participated in the 'triangular trade' that brought slaves from Africa to the West Indies and there exchanged them for molasses, which in turn was taken to New England and converted into rum for sale in Africa. Isaac Da Costa of Charleston in the 1750's, David Franks of Philadelphia in the 1760's, and Aaron Lopez of Newport in the late 1760's and early 1770's dominated Jewish slave trading on the American continent." "Slave trading was a major feature of Jewish economic life in Surinam which as a major stopping-off point in the triangular trade. Both North American and Caribbean Jews played a key role in this commerce: records of a slave sale in 1707 reveal that the ten largest Jewish purchasers (10400 guilders) spent more than 25 percent of the total funds ...
Warren Whatley - Slave Trade - Part 1Apr 22, 2011
Warren Whatley is the Professor of Economics and Faculty Member of the Center for Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Michigan. He is also a Honorary Visiting Professor of Economics at Washington University in St. Louis. He is known primarily for his research on the economic history of African Americans in the 20th century United States. For more information on his CNISS lecture, CO-SPONSORED BY THE PROGRAM IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES at Washington University in St. Louis, please visit cniss.wustl.edu For more information on Professor Whatley, please visit www.psc.isr.umich.edu
African Background and International Slave Trade, Dr. LMadu2Apr 27, 2011
Comments With Dr. James Haney Presents*African Background and the International Slave Trade,with Dr. LMadu, Part 2 of 4
Steve Davies : Reflections on African historyJan 10, 2011
An interview of Dr. Steve Davies on African history
Warren Whatley - Slave Trade - Part 2Jul 10, 2011
Warren Whatley is the Professor of Economics and Faculty Member of the Center for Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Michigan. He is also a Honorary Visiting Professor of Economics at Washington University in St. Louis. He is known primarily for his research on the economic history of African Americans in the 20th century United States. For more information on his CNISS lecture, CO-SPONSORED BY THE PROGRAM IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES at Washington University in St. Louis, please visit cniss.wustl.edu For more information on Professor Whatley, please visit www.psc.isr.umich.edu
Warren Whatley - Slave Trade - Part 3Apr 22, 2011
Warren Whatley is the Professor of Economics and Faculty Member of the Center for Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Michigan. He is also a Honorary Visiting Professor of Economics at Washington University in St. Louis. He is known primarily for his research on the economic history of African Americans in the 20th century United States. For more information on his CNISS lecture, CO-SPONSORED BY THE PROGRAM IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES at Washington University in St. Louis, please visit cniss.wustl.edu For more information on Professor Whatley, please visit www.psc.isr.umich.edu
Role of guns in the slave trade reconsideredNov 22, 2010
Dahomey as a specific case in turning the trade to European goods Saint Mary Univerity website stmarys.ca "Economy - Dahomey had a monetary system: cowry shells were the basic currency, but trade goods were used also—guns, bolts of cloth etc. - Europeans tried to take advantage of this currency; they brought so many cowry shells that the shells lost value (inflation). As a result, European trade goods became the basic currency used in the purchase of slaves. - farming was very important; agriculture was mostly carried out by men, usually in communal gangs of young men; this was different from most of the rest of Africa where women did most of the agricultural work. However, there were many artisans also who made products in addition to farming. - the market economy mostly involved producers selling to consumers,but some women acted as middlemen. The latter would travel from market to market buying and selling goods. - all trade with Europeans was a royal monopoly and guarded jealously by successive kings; kings never allowed Europeans to bypass and trade directly with people in the kingdom. As a military, predatory state, the costs of government and the military were high; thus,the king needed all the revenue from taxes and the profits of trade that he could get. - Europeans and their influence were confined to one port on the coast—Whydah. - permission to go inland, especially to the capital, was given only infrequently and as a special favour; because so few Europeans ...
The history of the city of Liverpool UKMay 18, 2012
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880. Liverpool is the fourth largest city in the United Kingdom (third largest in England) and has a population of 435500, and lies at the centre of the wider Liverpool Urban Area, which has a population of 816216. Historically a part of Lancashire, the urbanisation and expansion of Liverpool were both largely brought about by the city's status as a major port. By the 18th century, trade from the West Indies, Ireland and mainland Europe coupled with close links with the Atlantic Slave Trade furthered the economic expansion of Liverpool. By the early 19th century, 40% of the world's trade passed through Liverpool's docks, contributing to Liverpool's rise as a major city FAIR USE NOTICE: The material on this channel is provided solely for educational and informational purposes. It may contain copyrighted material, the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Infringement of copyright is not intended. The material is made available to help educate people about health related issues. It is believed that this constitutes a 'FAIR USE' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17, section 107 of the US Copyright Law. The material is distributed without profit to those who would like to use such material for research and educational purposes.
Dahomey - Conquering Kings, royal arts and the slave tradeApr 26, 2011
"The slave trade could not have endured for four centuries and carried nearly 12 million people out of Africa without the cooperation of a huge network of African rulers and merchants," says Dr. Robert Harms, a professor of African History at Yale University who has extensively researched the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Harms is the author of The Diligent: A Voyage Through the Worlds of the Slave Trade, an award-wining book detailing the day-to-day routine on a French slave vessel in the 1700s. "Most Americans think that ships would come from the United States or from Europe to Africa and the sailors would just get off and run out and grab a shipload of people and stuff them in the ship and bring them back. And I think that is a very condescending view of Africans. "That view suggests that Africans were so disorganized that they could let that happen year after year after year after year," Harms says. "I think we need to see African societies as well-organized societies that participated in the slave trade, because the ruling classes often thought they had something to gain from it." www.npr.org "Wonders of the African World" by Henry Louis Jr Gates www.amazon.com
The History of Racism - Episode 1 (part 1/6 )May 18, 2012
Episode 1 - The Colour of Money: Colonialism and the Slave Trade. Reaching back across the centuries, this program sheds light on historical attitudes toward human differences. It assesses the significance of Biblical narratives, including the curse of Ham, in the evolution of European concepts of race, and goes on to examine the basis of institutionalized racism—entwined with fervent capitalism—on which the transatlantic slave trade operated. The destruction of Americas indigenous civilizations and the dehumanization and exploitation of Africans are studied alongside the writings of Enlightenment philosophers and historians. Experts interviewed include Dr. Orlando Patterson of Harvard University, Dr. Barnor Hesse of Northwestern, and Professor James Walvin of the University of York.
