Sentences with phrase «european slave trader»

Excerpts from Slave Narratives This wonderful resource includes more than 40 narratives including a European slave trader describing a shipboard revolt by enslaved Africans (1700); a doctor describing conditions on an English slaver (1788); Venture Smith relating the story of his kidnapping at age six (1798); a woman learning that her husband, who had been sold away, has taken another wife (1869); and a slave describing West African religious beliefs and practices (1789).

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Tribal leaders also sold slaves to European traders who then transported and sold those slaves to Americans in the deep south USA, most of whom claimed to be Christians just as today.

In fact, the African slave traders that sold Africans to the white Europeans were the African Muslims.

Peppers may have been brought into North America by coastal traders or slaves born in the West Indies, where European explorers described the use of hot peppers to enliven the native dishes.

The reported slave auctions have raised questions about whether European Union migration agreements meant to curb Mediterranean crossings are instead turning human traffickers into slave traders as increasing numbers of migrants find themselves stuck in Libya, penniless, desperate and vulnerable.

It shows likely genetic impacts of historical events including European colonialism, the Mongol Empire, the Arab slave trade and European traders near the Silk Road mixing with people in China.

Instead, during a tour of Cape Coast Castle, one of about 30 slave castles built in Ghana by European traders, «Homegoing» was born.

They included other Europeans who sought similar adventures and the porters and guides who bore the weight of their supplies as well as slaves freed from Arab slave traders.