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The slave trade in Africa
Webb, Simon, 1954-2023
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The transatlantic slave trade, about which so much has been heard in recent years, would have been impossible without the willing and enthusiastic cooperation of African leaders. Simon Webb explores the history of slavery in Africa and finds that it was not something imposed upon the continent by Europeans, but was rather an integral part of many, perhaps most, cultures. Even when the British deployed their army and navy to try to suppress the trade in slaves during the nineteenth century, their efforts were largely ineffectual because many societies saw no reason to give up such an old, useful and profitable system.
Main title:
The slave trade in Africa / Simon Webb.
Author:
Webb, Simon, 1954-, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword History, 2023.
Collation:
224 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781399094078 (hbk)
Dewey class:
306.362096
LC class:
HT1321
Local class:
306.362
Language:
English
BRN:
3261885