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Mica
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"Responsiblity and the Slave Trade"
Wed Mar-16-05 03:54 PM by Mica

          

So basically everyone knows that Africans sold other Africans into slavery, right? And everyone basically knows that some people try to use this to justify that slavery shouldn't be considered so bad because of this fact, right? Okay, this is not what this post is about.

So in my Precolonial Africa class, my professor said that he believed that if the Africans had not sold these slaves to Europeans that the slave trade wouldn't have been as effective as it was. Do you agree with this? He also said that had Africa been a more wealthy continent and more technoligically advanced, that then also the slave trade would not have been so effective.

Now, if you agree with the idea that had the Africans not been so willing to sell (by the by I should say that the reason they were so willing was because they didn't look at it as selling their fellow brother or sister, but as selling neighbors and people they didn't know) then would you agree with the idea that parts of Africa should be held responsible for the atrocity that is slavery in America? If so, how should they be held responsible?

A couple of things I found interesting from what my professor told us was that the Africans (hard to generalize, I know) basically thought as of the Europeans as weak because they were always getting Yellow Fever and Malaria, so therefore it's not that they were intimidated by the Europeans and felt forced to sell slaves to them, it was that they saw the great potential profit aspect of it. Apparently there were some places Europeans wouldn't venture into because they didn't know the land, and this is contrary to the idea that they just came in and started snatching people up.

I thought it was interesting that of the Africans that did the selling of slaves to Europeans, they not only did that but had slaves of their own and sold slaves to other Africans.

Oh I should mention as I did before that it is tough to generalize, as of course there were Europeans that *did* venture into unknown territory and there were Africans who of course were totally against slavery. I'm not trying to paint some picture of "Hey, the it's all the Africans fault, if they had been stronger people the Europeans wouldn't stand a chance" That's not what I'm trying to say at all...

Anyway, thoughts?

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Responsiblity and the Slave Trade [View all] , Mica, Wed Mar-16-05 03:53 PM
 
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RE: Responsiblity and the Slave Trade
Mar 16th 2005
1
not to mention that slavery in Arika was much different
Mar 16th 2005
2
I dunno. I think that Afrika was indeed wealthy.
Mar 16th 2005
3
RE: Responsiblity and the Slave Trade
Mar 16th 2005
4
Oversimplify much?
Mar 16th 2005
7
ain't he ur buddy
Mar 16th 2005
19
?
Mar 17th 2005
24
RE: Oversimplify much?
Mar 17th 2005
27
haha..u funny mayne......
Mar 16th 2005
8
u must be a saltine
Mar 18th 2005
31
thoughts
Mar 16th 2005
5
exactly. the definition of slavery is in question here.
Mar 16th 2005
9
African people and leaders are responsible for many problems
Mar 16th 2005
6
dude...you are mis-informed
Mar 16th 2005
10
      how is he mis-informed ?
Mar 16th 2005
11
           RE: how is he mis-informed ?
Mar 16th 2005
12
                ? huh?
Mar 16th 2005
13
                like this:
Mar 16th 2005
14
                They didn't do business with cultural groups on the interior of
Mar 16th 2005
15
                The oldest map of the interior of West Africa is like 1860s
Mar 16th 2005
17
If you traveled to the adult-porn store and...
Mar 16th 2005
16
To Devil's Advocate you, if you say that no one is selling if no one
Mar 16th 2005
18
      check reply 4
Mar 16th 2005
20
2 Questions.
Mar 16th 2005
21
With military technology, yes. That's all I can think of.
Mar 17th 2005
23
      Gun Boats didn't come around til 19th century
Mar 17th 2005
30
i'm mad this was unanswered:
Mar 17th 2005
22
Right
Mar 17th 2005
25
      hmmmm
Mar 17th 2005
26
Question: Anyone know any estimates on how many were sold
Mar 17th 2005
28
read malcolm x on african-ameriacn history...
Mar 18th 2005
32
Former slave traders own words
Mar 17th 2005
29
RE: Responsiblity and the Slave Trade
Mar 18th 2005
33
Africa had no written records?
Mar 18th 2005
34
RE: Responsiblity and the Slave Trade
Mar 21st 2005
35
Totally was fun.
Mar 21st 2005
36

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