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Sep 29, 2017 · These so-called first-hand impressions of slavery which did not condemn the institution of slavery as a moral wrong, but merely criticized “bad masters” helped lay the ideological groundwork for German colonial actions against people in Africa.
- Heike Raphael-Hernandez, Pia Wiegmink
- 2017
Over the past six decades, the historiography of Atlantic slavery and the slave trade has shown remarkable growth and sophistication. Historians have marshalled a vast array of sources and offered rich and compelling explanations for these two great tragedies in human history.
It also reveals the extent to which visions of the slave Atlantic took root in the consciousness of Europeans of whom we might presume that they were at best observers of, and not party to, the traffic in human lives and the exploitation of human bodies that the pictures critique.
Dec 20, 2022 · Of the 500 case studies, 180 relate directly to colonial and slavery-era legacies. They range from the island of Gorée in Senegal, to the Coolela Monument in Mozambique, to the Josephine Bonaparte statue in Martinique, to Valongo Wharf in Brazil, and more than a dozen sites in continental Europe.
Jun 29, 2021 · Abstract. This article argues that we need to move beyond the “Atlantic” and “formal” bias in our understanding of the history of slavery. It explores ways forward toward developing a better understanding of the long-term global transformations of slavery.
Atlantic Slavery and the Diplomacy of Identity Making. The world of Atlantic slavery was an assemblage of capital, bodies, goods, and ideas put in motion by the multifaceted configurations of European capitalism and colonial expansion with various cultures worldwide by ca. 1400.
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Feb 28, 2021 · After commending the articles in this Special Issue for opening up the study of the slavery system to new locations and positions in the value-added chain, this comment underlines that it is necessary to imagine counterfactuals to find out how important the slavery system was to Europe.
