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Reasons why West africans were taken as slaves |
*they were defenseless *the European attitude *religion *politics |
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Reasons used to justify West African slaves |
*physical - West Africa was closer to the Caribbean than Europe. And the ocean crossing was easier. *political- *economic- they needed labour to develop unoccupied land *religious- the African had pagan beliefs they thought they had every right to make slaves of them *social |
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Main source of slaves |
*Senegambia-area between the sengal and Gambia rivers *Upper Guinea -area between the Gambia River and Cape Palmas *Lower Guinea- stretching from Cape Palmas to the delta of the Niger River *From the Niger to the congo |
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Sudanic states |
*the Mali empire( until the 15th century) *the kingdom of Ghana *the son that empire |
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Sudanic belt |
*the region of Africa which lies to the south of the Sahara desert between the Sengal and the River Nile |
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Forest States |
*oyo *the kingdom of Benin *Dahomey *The Asante Kingdom |
