Africa and the West presents a fascinating array of primary sources to engage readers in the history of Africa's long and troubled relationship with the West. Many of the sources have not previously appeared in print; or in books readily available to students. Volume 1 covers two major topics: the Atlantic slave trade and the European conquest. It details the beginnings of the slave trade; slavery as a business; the experiences of slaves; and the effect of abolitionism on the trade; using such documents as a letter from a sixteenth-century African king to the king of Portugal calling for a more regulated slave trade; and the nineteenth-century testimony of a South African slave accused of treason. The volume also covers the early nineteenth-century considerations of the costs and benefits of colonization; the development of conquest as the century progressed; with special attention to technology; legislation; empire; religion; racism; and violence; through such unusual documents as Cecil Rhodes's will and a chart of the costs of African animals exported to Western zoos.
#1716712 in Books Petrone Karen 2016-10-03Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 7.90 x .60 x 9.80l; .0 #File Name: 0195338030296 pagesThe Soviet Union and Russia 1939 2015 A History in Documents
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