The History of Slavery
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Colonists and Slavery in Malawi Part 1 – Pre-Colonial Africa, The Empty Land
Introduction Malawi, or the British Central Africa Protectorate as it then was, did not become a British colony until 1891 but the first British people to travel there with an intent to settle were missionaries and they arrived in the… Continue reading
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A History of Slavery Part 7 The Romans: Slaves and Work
Introduction Conversations about slavery often focus on the trans-Atlantic slave trade which shipped, in horrific and inhuman conditions, at least eleven million Africans from their homelands to the Americas. This focus on the “Middle Passage” is unsurprising given the trade’s… Continue reading
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A History of Slavery Part 6 The Romans: Ownership, Markets and Traders
Introduction Conversations about slavery often focus on the trans-Atlantic slave trade which shipped, in horrific and inhuman conditions, at least eleven million Africans from their homelands to the Americas. This focus on the “Middle Passage” is unsurprising given the trade’s… Continue reading
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A History of Slavery Part 5 The Romans: Origins and Sources of Slaves
Introduction Conversations about slavery often focus on the trans-Atlantic slave trade which shipped, in horrific and inhuman conditions, at least eleven million Africans from their homelands to the Americas. This focus on the “Middle Passage” is unsurprising given the trade’s… Continue reading
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A History of Slavery Part 4 Pre-Roman Europe
Ancient Societies and Slavery (continued) Introduction Conversations about slavery often focus on the trans-Atlantic slave trade which shipped, in horrific and inhuman conditions, at least eleven million Africans from their homelands to the Americas. This focus on the “Middle Passage”… Continue reading
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A History of Slavery Part 3 Achaemenid Persian, Classical Athens & Sparta
Ancient Societies and Slavery (continued) Introduction Conversations about slavery often focus on the trans-Atlantic slave trade which shipped, in horrific and inhuman conditions, at least eleven million Africans from their homelands to the Americas. This focus on the “Middle Passage”… Continue reading
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A History of Slavery Part 2 Ancient Egypt, The Minoans, Mycenaeans and Archaic Greece
Ancient Societies and Slavery (continued) Introduction Conversations about slavery often focus on the Atlantic slave trade which shipped, in horrific and inhuman conditions, at least eleven million Africans from their homelands to the Americas. This focus on the “Middle Passage”… Continue reading
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A History of Slavery Part 1 Introduction and Slavery in Old Babylonia
Introduction Conversations about slavery often focus on the Atlantic slave trade which shipped, in horrific and inhuman conditions, at least eleven million Africans from their homelands to the Americas. This focus on the “Middle Passage” is unsurprising given the trade’s… Continue reading
Travelogues and Other Memories 