Transformations in Slavery by Paul E. Lovejoy, Slavery and African Life by
Patrick Manning and Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World
1400-1800 by John Thornton are good works on the early, and at that point
exclusively African slave trade, through the worldwide expansion into the 19th
century. They name the names, cultures, tribes, etc. who were the primary
movers in both the slave trade to the East (which was considerably larger and
longer lasting than to the West) and in Africa itself, the largest market by far.
J.D. Southmayd
a/k/a J south
In a message dated 6/25/2008 8:55:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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If Neil McDonald's logic is right, we can readily apply it to our world
right now. Instead of focusing our judicial fury on murderers, the
"secondary few" who pull the trigger, we should hunt down the gun
manufacturers, those who are "primarily responsible for the endless supply"
of guns in our country and "share accountabilities" for gun violence. I
think that's where we end up with this line of reasoning.
Henry Wiencek
Charlottesville
>Of likely greater importance to others, can someone provide the name of one
>African man who may share accountabilities for the enslaving of Africans and
>selling them at various African ports for profit, as described below. . . .
Why focus on slave traders and
>only consider a secondary few in Virginia when others were primarily
>responsible for the endless supply to the world over centuries?
>
>Neil McDonald
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