Reading: Chapter 1 of the course e-text – “Freedom on My Mind, 3e”
Questions:
How was West Africa organized politically by the time European slave traders arrived in the fifteenth century? (2 pts)
What was the significance of kinship ties in West African societies? (2 pts)
In what ways were societies in West Africa shaped by the arrival of Islam? (2 pts)
What motivated practices of enslavement in West Africa before the rise of the transatlantic slave trade? (2 pts)
What pathways for limiting or escaping subjugation existed for enslaved West Africans before the arrival of European slave traders? (2 pts)
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