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It was not a west African slave trade
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by markellion: [QB] It is very important to understand that these goods were used as currency. As I've already said this trade spread out throughout the continent and the transport costs of sending people such long distances were covered by the high prices Europeans were willing to pay. The Lunda for example were in the far interior of the continent and very much involved in the slave trade remember the article I posted already the slave trade could not function if the slave traders didn't have access to goods from Asia (18th century) "Early Globalization and the Slave Trade Trips around the world were essential for sustaining slavery" http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/early-globalization-and-slave-trade Bellow is from "Kongo Slavery Remembered by Themselves: Texts from 1915" by MacGaffey, Wyatt International Journal of African Historical Studies; 2008, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p55-76, 22p [QUOTE] The goods brought back from the coast included cloth, some types acquiring the function of "currency" in various denominations; swords, guns and gunpowder, not very effective for use in hunting and warfare but important in ritual; soapstone figures carved at the coast, brought home as mementos; terracotta funerary "urns," nkudu, also made at the coast; alcohol, crockery and enamel ware. "Lutete himself is a most enterprising young fellow, often accompanying his caravans of ivory down to Ambrizete, on the coast, whence he returns with all sorts of trophies of civilization, such as coloured plates from the Graphic and bottles of soda-water."[ 37] Many of these items ended their careers on the graves of important men, where they could still be seen in 1970. Different districts valued such items differently; [b]"It is quite a false idea," reported Sir Harry Johnston, "that you can go anywhere in Africa with any sort of bead or any kind of cloth. Each district has its peculiar tastes and fancies to consult, and you might starve in one place with bales of goods that would purchase kingdoms in another…. Between Vivi and Isangila you will find red handkerchiefs, striped cloth, brass 'tacks,' gin and wire useful. At Manyanga blue beads rule the market; at Stanley Pool brass rods."[ 38] In Vungu, a piece of cloth called bela was highly regarded; "it was about the size of your hand, and worth about 50 centimes. One bela would buy an iron cleaning-rod for a gun; rods were valued, because they could be bent and worn as bracelets."[/b][/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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