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West African Slavery and Atlantic Commerce: The Senegal River Valley, 1700 1860

West African Slavery and Atlantic Commerce: The Senegal River Valley, 1700 1860

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Series: African Studies, Book 77

African HistoryMedieval & Renaissance HistoryAnthropology

ISBN10: 0521534526
ISBN13: 9780521534529
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jan 30 2003
Pages: 268
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.14
Language: English
The author shows how the societies of West Africa were transformed by the slave trade. The growth of the Atlantic trade stimulated the development of slavery within the region, with slaves working in the river and coasting trades or producing surplus grain to feed slaves in transit. A few held pivotal positions in the political structure of the coastal kingdoms of Senegambia. This local slave system had far-reaching consequences, leading to religious protest and slave rebellions. The changes in agricultural production fostered an ecological crisis.

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