Sentences with phrase «global slave trade»

The film carries a powerful message about the global slave trade and has a call to action for viewers to help fight it.

The American civil war was only one small part of the global slave trade.

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Ejiofor, for his part, addressed the topic in an interview with Indiewire, pointing out that the slave trade was an international phenomenon: «You can look at a very specific thing — it was very specifically an American story, but it has global elements,» he said.

A sad and beautiful book, sometimes touched with magic and mysticism, it is a must - read for anyone interested in the history of the slave trade and the people whose lives were altered by the global fight for power, wealth and, ultimately, survival.

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Kia Henda's portraits not only address modern Angolan identity, but the global history intertwined with the country's formation, from Portugal's colonial presence to the Brazilian slave trade system and the relationships with Russia and the United States during the Cold War, among others.

Shaped by its colonialist and slave - trade past, Brazil remains a fragile example of the fight against democracy occuring on a global scale by capitalist elites.