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Slavery has occurred in many forms throughout the world, but the Atlantic slave
trade -- which forcibly brought more than 10 million Africans to the Americas -- stands out for both its global scale and its lasting legacy. Anthony Hazard discusses the historical, economic and personal impact of this massive historical injustice.
Lesson by Anthony Hazard, animation by NEIGHBOR.
Search Results on Atlantic Slave Trade: 10M African Slaves to Americas - Anthony Hazard
What is African? The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands. Each population generally having its own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afroasiatic, Khoisan, Niger-Congo and Nilo-Saharan populations.
What is African American? African Americans (or Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa. The term typically refers to descendants of enslaved black people who are from the United States. Black and African Americans
constitute the third largest racial and ethnic group in the United States (after White Americans and Hispanic and Latino Americans).
Who is AnthonyHazard? Tony Hazard is an author and assistant professor in the Ethnic Studies department. His research and teaching explore the issue of "race" in recent United States history. Hazard earned a PhD in History at Temple University and the BA in African American Studies at Arizona State University. Along with
engaging connections between social and cultural history with the history of anthropology. Hazard approaches U.S. history from transnational and global perspectives.
What is Debt Slave? Debt Slavery, Peonage or bonded labour, is the pledge of a person's services as security for the repayment for a debt or other obligation. Here the terms of the repayment are not clearly or reasonably stated, and the person who is holding the debt thus has some control over the laborer. Freedom is
assumed on debt repayment. The services required to repay the debt may be undefined, and the services' duration may be undefined, thus allowing the person supposedly owed the debt to demand services indefinitely. Debt bondage can be passed on from generation to generation.
What is Slave? Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people. Thus allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property. A slave is unable to withdraw unilaterally from such an arrangement and works without remuneration. Slavery began to exist
before written history, in many cultures. A person could become enslaved from the time of their birth, capture, or purchase. While slavery was institutionally recognized by most societies, it has now been outlawed in all recognized countries, the last being Mauritania in 2007. Nevertheless, there are an estimated 45.8 million people subject to some form of modern slavery worldwide.
What is Slave Bible? A slave bible is a bible specifically edited to serve for enslaved Christians. They were produced in England in the early 19th century for use in the British West Indies, when they were colonies of the British Empire. Such bibles had all "references to freedom and escape from slavery" removed, while
passages "encouraging obedience and submission were emphasized.
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