slave trade

Account for the success by the Niger Delta City state in making a smooth transition to legitimate trade.

The smooth move from illegitimate to legitimate trade by states such as Opobo, Itsikiriland and Calar, better known as Niger…

Examine the challenges encountered in the transition to legitimate trade

Legitimate trade refers to an acceptable, just and a legal trade which involved the buying and selling of goods, products…

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Examine the reasons for the persistence of Slave Trade into the last half of the nineteenth century in West Africa

Slave trade in West Africa refers to the manipulative as well as exploitative buying and selling of able-bodied men from…

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What was the ‘House System’? Explain, with examples, the origins and importance of the system in the city states of the Niger Delta.

The house states of the Niger Delta in the mid-nineteenth century were essentially companies whose main function was the organisation…

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Trans Atlantic Slave Trade: Watch BBC Africa Documentary

Much is known about enslaved Africans once they arrived in the Americas and Europe, but in this episode Zeinab Badawi…

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Reasons for the abolition of slave trade

Reasons for the abolition of slave trade

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Reasons for the Atlantic slave trade

15 reasons for the Atlantic slave trade - Why it started

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Short History of Africa

This is a short history of Africa excluding Egypt, Ethiopia and (Dutch and British) South Africa, which are the subjects…

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Reasons for the success of the abolitionist campaign against slavery in 1807

In the late 18th century, public opinion towards the slave trade began to change, thanks to Abolitionists such as William…

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How far do you agree with the view that slave trade was a necessary evil to the Africans?

The position that slave trade was a necessary evil to the Africans lacks sound argument. Slave trade refers to the…