Slavery in Africa

african slavery-an African song on slavery, an African brother gives his opinion on the transatlantic slave trade

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[PrinceNoirAmericain]

@SuperQueenofAfrica

:-)

[truthdalunason]

@PrinceNoirAmericain anywhere in the world....

[PrinceNoirAmericain]

@truthdalunason

Yes, I agree, Africans and Africans of the Diaspora should reconnect and do for ourselves.

Slaves were taken from other places, not just Dahomey. I'm not an expert on the slave Trade as a whole but I have thoroughly researched slavery in Dahomey

stay up bro

[PrinceNoirAmericain]

@truthdalunason

for example. When King Guézo died, his son Glè-Glè had more than a 100 people killed. He also complained about treasury problems when slavery ended. In fact, he wanted to perpetuate it.

Also, it wasn't until later on that the white man began supplying one tribe with weapons to attack and enslave other tribes. In fact, in Dahomey, the division predated the arrival of Euros on Dahomean shores.

We have to be honest, of course they profited from slavery

[PrinceNoirAmericain]

@truthdalunason

Also let's not view history through the lens of Pan-Africanism. At the height of slavery in Dahomey, everyone was being sold and captured, relatives were selling relatives but at the start of it, it was mainly members of inferior tribes.

They didn't see these African brothers as "equals", there was no such thing as "African unity and solidarity", lol. Weaker tribes were conquered and subjugated and were often used in sacrificial killings to honor the dead or when kING DIED

[PrinceNoirAmericain]

@truthdalunason

My sources are mainly "Beninese historians" such as Félix Iroko for starters.

Please feel free to respond

[PrinceNoirAmericain]

@truthdalunason

domestic slavery in Dahomey, the slaves were treated just as viciously as they were in the Americas.

It had nothing to do with trust, it was "interest", on both sides, the law of supply and demand.

[PrinceNoirAmericain]

@truthdalunason

able to communicate directly with the King and his representatives. But this simply illustrates the fact that the products brought by Euros interested the King, dignitaries and other members of the elite. They did not hesitate to hand over these "inferior" war captives and other members of conquered tribes in exchange for those products.

Also, let's keep in mind that many of them were also "domestic slaves" and contrary to popular belief, at least with respect to

[PrinceNoirAmericain]

@truthdalunason

When the White man arrived in Dahomey, he was literally blown away by the political and military organization of the Kingdom and to quote a Beninese lady, a well-educated historian "when Euros arrived, Dahomeans could have easily destroyed them. they didn't communicate directly with the King. The coastal chiefs served as a liaison between the King and Euros. They were not allowed to penetrate into the interior of what is today known as "Benin". Of course later on, they were

[PrinceNoirAmericain]

@truthdalunason

I can't speak for every kingdom but with respect to Dahomey(Abomey) and Hogbonou, they made way more mistakes than "simply" trusting the White man.

Even if at the height of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, anyone could be "sold" irrespective of social status, at the commencement, it was mainly war captives and members of weaker tribes, the same ones they used in "ceremonial killings"