Podcast: From Slavery to Colonialism
In this episode of the Black History Unveiled podcast, we delve into a pivotal moment in history, not just for Africa but for Europe and beyond – a moment that has helped shape the modern world.
Our focus today is on the period following the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade, a time that evolved into the crushing weight of colonialism. We'll explore how these two devastating eras bled into one another and the long-lasting consequences for the people and regions affected.
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Further reading:
Books:
The History of the Rise, Progress And Accomplishment of the Abolition of the SlaveTrade by the British Parliament by Thomas Clarkson (1839)
White Over Black: American Attitudes Towards the Negro, 1550–1812 by Winthrop Jordan (1968)
From Slave Trade to ’Legitimate’ Commerce: The Commercial Transition in NineteenthCentury West Africa by Robin Law (editor) (1995)
The Atlantic Slave Trade by Herbert S. Klein (2010)
A History of Modern Africa: 1800 to the Present by Richard J. Reid (2012)
Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa by Paul E. Lovejoy (2012)
Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa by Catherine Higgs (2012)
Modern Slavery: The Margins of Freedom by Julia O’Connell Davidson (2015)
Scholarly articles:
”A Staple Interpretation of Slavery and Free Labor” by Carville V. Earle in Geographical Review (vol. 68, nr 1, 1978)
“The Hidden Costs of Labour on the Cocoa Plantations of Sao Tomé and Principe, 1875-1914” by Clarence-Smith, William Gervaise in Portuguese Studies (vol. 6, 1990)
”Explaining Costly International Moral Action: Britain’s Sixty-Year Campaign against the Atlantic Slave Trade” by Chaim D. Kaufmann and Robert A. Pape in International Organization (vol. 53, nr 4, 1999)
Articles:
”Forskningarne i Mellan-Afrika” in GöteborgsPosten (June 27, 1878)
"After slavery" by Toby Green in Aeon (March 30, 2021)
Other:
”Slave grown Cocoa – An apology from the William A Cadbury Trustees" by William A Cadbury Charitable Trust (July 3, 2021)