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[QUOTE]Originally posted by alTakruri: [QB] [QUOTE][i] The vast majority of slaves taken out of Africa were sold by African rulers, traders and a military aristocracy who all grew wealthy from the business. . . . . Tinubu square, commercial centre of today's Lagos and home to Nigeria's Central Bank, is named after a major nineteenth century slave trader. Madam Tinubu was born in Egbaland and rose from [b]rags to riches[/b] by [b]trading in slaves[/b] , salt and tobacco in Badagry. She later became one of Nigeria's pioneering nationalists. Africa's rulers, traders and military aristocracy protected their interest in the slave trade. They discouraged Europeans from leaving the coastal areas to venture into the interior of the continent. European trading companies realised the benefit of dealing with African suppliers and not unnecessarily antagonising them. The companies could not have mustered the resources it would have taken to directly capture the tens of millions of people shipped out of Africa. It was far more sensible and safer to give Africans guns to fight the many wars that yielded captives for the trade. The slave trading network stretched deep into the Africa's interior. Slave trading firms were aware of their dependency on African suppliers. The Royal African Company, for instance, instructed its agents on the West coast [URL=http://www.]"if any differences happen, to endeavour an amicable accommodation rather than use force."[/URL] They were [URL=http://www.]"to endeavour to live in all friendship with them"[/URL] and [URL=http://www.]"to hold frequent palavers with the Kings and the Great Men of the Country, and keep up a good correspondent with them, ingratiating yourself by such prudent methods"[/URL] as may be deemed appropriate. . . . . When Britain abolished the slave trade in 1807 it not only had to contend with opposition from white slavers but also from [b]African rulers who had become accustomed to wealth gained from selling slaves or from taxes collected on slaves passed through their domain. African slave- trading classes were greatly distressed by the news[/b] that legislators sitting in parliament in London had decided to end their source of livelihood. . . . . Reverend Samuel Johnson wrote of the subjugation of neighbouring Yoruba kingdoms by Ibadan war- chiefs in the 1850s: "Slave-raiding now became a trade to many who would get rich speedily." . . . . [b][URL=http://www.] The triangular slave trade was a major part in the early stages of the emergence of the international market. The role of slave-trading African ruling classes in this market is not radically different from the position of the African elite in today's global economy. They both traded the resources of their people for their own gratification and prosperity. In the process they helped to weaken their nations and dim their prospects for economic and social development.[/URL][/b] [/i] From: [b]Tunde Obadina[/b] director of Africa Business Information Services[i] Slave trade: a root of contemporary African Crisis[/i] http://www.afbis.com/analysis/slave.htm [/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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