Should the USA Offer Reparations to Africa for the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
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DOI: 10.1007/s12115-022-00682-3
Abstract: This article begins with background information on the international social movement for reparations for the transatlantic slave trade. I then propose that the USA ought to offer reparations, including participation in and financing of a… read more here.
Keywords: reparations africa; usa offer; slave trade; offer reparations ... See more keywords
The long-term effects of the slave trade on political violence in Sub-Saharan Africa
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2021.02.004
Abstract: Abstract This study investigates the long-term legacy of the slave trade on contemporary violence in sub-Saharan Africa. Using a geo-coded disaggregated dataset and exploiting within-country variation in slave trade intensity, we document a robust positive… read more here.
Keywords: saharan africa; violence sub; slave trade; long term ... See more keywords
The Atlantic Slave Trade from West Central Africa, 1780–1867 by Daniel B. Domingues da Silva (review)
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DOI: 10.1017/s0001972019000263
Abstract: to Otta, forcing women to renegotiate their positions as traders and ritual experts, at which they had excelled in the absence of their husbands. During the colonial period, then, women increasingly enacted their influence on… read more here.
Keywords: trade west; central africa; west central; slave trade ... See more keywords
Bodies and Souls: The Case for Reading Revelation 18.13 as a Critique of the Slave Trade
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DOI: 10.1017/s0028688518000103
Abstract: Though commentators often claim that Rev 18.13 entails a critique of the slave trade, a robust defence of this assertion has not been offered. In this article, I first analyse the use of the terms… read more here.
Keywords: critique slave; souls case; bodies souls; slave trade ... See more keywords
Memories and mechanisms of resistance to the Atlantic slave trade: the Ekang Saga in West Central Africa's epic tale the Mvet
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DOI: 10.1080/13696815.2018.1532283
Abstract: The exploration of African oral literature has cast new light on the history of the Atlantic slave trade. Working on diverse regions and from various sources, scholars have used folk materials for ... read more here.
Keywords: resistance atlantic; mechanisms resistance; slave trade; memories mechanisms ... See more keywords
From the Transatlantic Slave Trade to Contemporary Ethnoracial Law in Multicultural Ecuador
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DOI: 10.1086/710061
Abstract: In this article I examine the unfolding—within and beyond a court of law—of two relatively recent litigations initiated by Afrodescendants, in which two different antidiscrimination legal instruments provided the grounding for the cases’ “resolutions.” The… read more here.
Keywords: law; transatlantic slave; trade contemporary; slave trade ... See more keywords
The Long-Term Effect of Demographic Shocks on the Evolution of Gender Roles: Evidence from the transatlantic Slave Trade
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DOI: 10.1093/jeea/jvy010
Abstract: Can demographic shocks affect the long-run evolution of female labor force participation and gender norms? This paper traces current variation in women’s participation in the labor force within Sub-Saharan Africa to the emergence of a… read more here.
Keywords: labor; evolution; gender; transatlantic slave ... See more keywords
Andrew Beveridge Curror (1811–1844): collecting natural history specimens while preventing the slave trade along the west coast of Africa
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DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.436.2.4
Abstract: For nine years, from 1835 until his death, the British-born Andrew Beveridge Curror (27 October 1811–11 July 1844) served as surgeon on different ships of the British Royal Navy. From 1839 he sailed on ships… read more here.
Keywords: andrew beveridge; west coast; beveridge curror; slave trade ... See more keywords
Accounting, slavery and the slave trade: A multi-continental perspective
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DOI: 10.1177/10323732231156200
Abstract: As in other disciplines, the Atlantic slave-trade and New World slavery have assumed an increasingly contentious role in accounting history. In her Accounting for Slavery, Rosenthal has recently located many current business practices in the… read more here.
Keywords: slavery; multi continental; accounting slavery; continental perspective ... See more keywords