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- SLAVERY
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- Until the lion writes his own story, the tale of the hunt will
always glorify the hunter.
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- The Door of No Return in the House of Slaves on Goree Island in
Dakar, Senegal
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- What do you know about slavery? Who was involved in slavery?
Was it a global phenomenon? Do forms of slavery still exist
today?
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- What impact do you think the trade in African peoples would
have had on individuals, families, cultures, and societies?
SocietiesIndividuals CulturesFamilies The Impact of Slavery
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- WHAT IS SLAVERY? To be a slave is to be controlled by another
person or persons so that your will does not determine your life's
course, and rewards for your work and sacrifices are not yours to
claim. According to Kevin Bales, one of the world's leading experts
on contemporary slavery, "people are enslaved by violence and held
against their wills for purposes of exploitation." The Slavery
Convention (article 1.1) in 1926 defined slavery as "...the status
or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers
attaching to the right of ownership are exercised." The convention
defined slave trade as "...all acts involved in the capture,
acquisition or disposal of a person with intent to reduce him to
slavery; all acts involved in the acquisition of a slave with a
view to selling or exchanging him; all acts of disposal by sale or
exchange of a slave acquired with a view to being sold or
exchanged, and, in general, every act of trade or transport in
slaves by whatever means of conveyance." (article 1.2)
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- Slavery in Africa enslaved people were domestic servants or
indentured labourers The traditional form of slavery in African
Societies was different from the global trade in African peoples
because, in most African societies, enslaved people were domestic
servants or indentured labourers who were in service for a
specified period of time. They were symbols of wealth and power,
but hey were not bought and sold for profit by their owners.
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- Indentured Servant Indentured Servant a person who is
contracted into the paid service of another for a specified period
of time. Domestic Servant Domestic Servant A form of slavery that
forces people to work in other peoples households for litter or no
pay.
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- The Origins of Slavery Slavery has existed throughout history,
in different forms, in different places and at different times.
Present in Ancient Civilizations of China, Greece, Rome, some
indigenous cultures in north and South America and is sanctioned in
some religious texts like the Quran and The Bible.
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- Slavery also existed amongst African peoples NOT Neighbouring
tribes or kingdoms would conquer other peoples and make them
domestic workers or indentured servants NOT Chattel to be bought
and sold for profit.
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- Classification's of Enslaved people Chattel Slavery a personal
possession that is the legal property of the owner and can be
bought, sold, or bequeathed at he owners discretion. Slave A person
who is held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the
will of another Chattel Slavery a personal possession that is the
legal property of the owner and can be bought, sold, or bequeathed
at he owners discretion. Slave A person who is held in bondage to
another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another
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- The Global Trade in African Peoples The nature of slavery in
Africa changed dramatically around 700 CE African peoples were
captured and exported against their will to foreign lands in
exchange for trade goods. Symbolized the start of trade in human
lives that would last for more than 1000 years The nature of
slavery in Africa changed dramatically around 700 CE African
peoples were captured and exported against their will to foreign
lands in exchange for trade goods. Symbolized the start of trade in
human lives that would last for more than 1000 years
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- EAST AFRICAN TRADE Involving Middle Eastern Arab Slave Traders
9-17 million people TRANSATLANTIC TRADE Involving mostly European
Slave Traders 11-20 million people
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- The abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in the 19th
century did not eradicate the practice globally. Instead, it took
on other forms, which persist to this day: serfdom, debt bondage
and forced and bonded labor; trafficking in women and children,
domestic slavery and forced prostitution, including of children;
sexual slavery, forced marriage and the sale of wives; child labour
and child servitude, among others. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Message for the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 2
December 2010 The abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in
the 19th century did not eradicate the practice globally. Instead,
it took on other forms, which persist to this day: serfdom, debt
bondage and forced and bonded labor; trafficking in women and
children, domestic slavery and forced prostitution, including of
children; sexual slavery, forced marriage and the sale of wives;
child labour and child servitude, among others. Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon Message for the International Day for the Abolition of
Slavery 2 December 2010
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- While people today most likely believe that slavery is a thing
of the past, the practice is still thriving wherever poverty,
social conditions, and gullibility can be exploited. Bale estimates
that there are 27 million slaves in the world today. While people
today most likely believe that slavery is a thing of the past, the
practice is still thriving wherever poverty, social conditions, and
gullibility can be exploited. Bale estimates that there are 27
million slaves in the world today. (Kevin Bales, Disposable People:
New Slavery in the Global Economy, University of California Press,
1999) While people today most likely believe that slavery is a
thing of the past, the practice is still thriving wherever poverty,
social conditions, and gullibility can be exploited. Bale estimates
that there are 27 million slaves in the world today. While people
today most likely believe that slavery is a thing of the past, the
practice is still thriving wherever poverty, social conditions, and
gullibility can be exploited. Bale estimates that there are 27
million slaves in the world today. (Kevin Bales, Disposable People:
New Slavery in the Global Economy, University of California Press,
1999)