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  • Back to slavery. The Middle Passage

    Back to slavery… What is the Middle Passage?

    From about 1518 to the mid-19th century, millions of African men, women, and children made the 21-to-90-day voyage aboard grossly overcrowded sailing ships manned by crews mostly from Great Britain, the...More

  • What does the Transatlantic Slave Trade mean?

    Do you know where the name the Triangular Trade came from?

    The Transatlantic Slave Trade was also known as the Triangular Tradebecause it was a three step process (like a triangle-three sides). The countries involved in this process were: France,...More

  • 25 shocking facts about slave trade. Watch it and share if you got some new facts.

    Slavery is a horrible fact of the world history and we must accept it as a phenomenon of the past and we should draw certain conclusions from it. And if you want to learn more about slavery in general, you can obtain this information by watching the...More

  • Why Africa is so poor?

    Do you know why the African continent, despite the plenty of natural resources, is so poor?

    Is it connected with such problems as corruption, lack of education or something else?

    You can obtain this information by watching the video below

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  • Natural resources of Africa: Why does Africa not use them for its own production and for solving its economic problems?

    Africa is full of natural resources. But why does Africa not use them for its own production and for solving its economic problems?

    The population of African countries is below the poverty line, Africans have almost nothing, and many Western countr...More

  • Christianity of African slavery: Devotion to Jesus has been a large part of the African-American experience.

    Devotion to Jesus has been a large part of the African-American experience 

    According to the information from the web sites The History Engine, BBC and Scholar (links are added below) slave owners had many justifications for why holding people...More

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  • The first slave owner in Africa

    Do you know who was the first slave owner in Africa, who captured slaves and sold them into slavery? 

    If no, you can see it in this short video

    The first slave owner
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