History Questions of Slavery

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Qu.1 The Hamitic Hypothesis stated that anything of value found in Africa was brought n by the Hamites who were allegedly a branch of the Caucasian race (Gillian, 2002). It implied that civilization was taken down the Nile from the Fertile Delta by whites or near- whites of Caucasian family, and that the whitening of the Hamites was achieve by manipulating the sacred unalterable religious doctrine by placing the so-called curse on Canaan and not Ham. This doctrine was an attempt to rationalize the subjugation of the black people.

Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop (1923-1986) was the worldÆs foremost Egyptologist and his work was of crucial importance in

establishing that Ancient Egypt was and African civilization (Bishidi, 2000). He looked at the melanin content of the epidermis of mummies, looked at anatomy and physical anthropology of the people, compared blood types, and languages, and many more studies comparing Egyptian and African cultures.

Goree Island is a small island off Senegal which was used as a center for the expanding European slave trade between the mid-1500s and the mid-1800s. It was a slave-holding warehouse during the diaspora. Slaves were brought there, sold, and held until they could be shipped to South America, the Caribbean or North America. They were held in appalling conditions, and walked along a tunnel and through the ôdoor of no returnö to board the slave boats.

Olaudah Equiano (c1745-1797) was born in Nigeria, sold as a slave in the New World, and was t

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bia which lasted until the 11th century. Civil disturbance in Egypt led to the removal of troops from Nubia in 1100BC, and it took three centuries for a strong Nubian rule to emerge. By 850 BC, the Kush had gained control over Nubia while there was unrest in Egypt, but by 741 BC the Nubian ruler had gained control of all of Egypt and rules both Egypt and Nubia. The Kushite rulers kept their Nubian names but gave great respect to the traditions of Egypt, and entered Egypt in the style of the great pharoahs rather than as conquerors. Qu.2.3 The British anti-slavery movements was one of the most successful reform movements occurring in the 19th century (British, 2004). Between 1700 and 1810 British traders shipped almost three million Africans across the Atlantic. The first phase of the anti-slavery undertaking stretched from 1787 to 1807 and was directed against the slave trade. Earlier, the Quakers had petitioned Parliament against the slave trade in 1783, and a similar petition was submitted again in 1785 form the inhabitants of Bridgwater in Somerset, but these piecemeal efforts involving a relatively small number of people were ineffective. The movement was really set under way by the Society for the Abolition o
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