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 ...

By Wole SoyinkaThere is a compelling relevance in my recalling prior occasions when I have had the honour of addressing this gathering. The most memorable, without question, took place during the ...

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Philip D. Curtin, a historian of the African slave trade who after World War II was a leading figure in reviving the neglected field of African history, has died. He was 87. Curtin, who was ...

Between 1500 and 1850, over twelve million Africans were brought, shackled, to the New Word to grow labor-intensive crops like sugar, cotton, tobacco, and rice.

The City of London Corporation reinterprets the statues of slave traders Lord Mayor William Beckford and MP Sir John Cass.

The horror of the African slave trade, particularly the experience of African American slaves, has been documented by so many historians, novelists, playwrights and poets that it is tempting to ...

The Slave-trade has received its death-blow, in the treaty just concluded between the Governments of England and the United States. Disguise it as we may, we cannot escape the charge, before the ...

The East African Slave Trade 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 ...

Slavery's Bitter Legacy in W. Africa Over 250 years after the end of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, some West Africans are still trying to come to terms with the involvement of African rulers and ...

The African slave trade lasted for centuries, starting in the 16th century before the inhumane practice slowed down in, approximately, the late 1860s. However, ...

The slave trade devastated African life. Culture and traditions were torn asunder, as families, especially young men, were abducted. Guns were introduced and slave raids and even wars increased.