Was the West African slave trade a precondition for the rise of British Capitalism?
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I think the slaves trade didn't cause the capitalism. I think slaves trade was caused by capitalism which came from Industrial Revolution. In capitalist economy, Marx told us, there are two classes: one which hold the money  and one which doesn't. The first is also the one which rules the second is made by... slaves. You can verify it by yourself: if you must have a work to survive, you are a slave; you are free only if you don't need to work for a living.
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The slave trade has been going on since before written history and continues to this very day.In days of old it was common practice to enslave a defeated enemy, in some civilizations you could even enslave someone for owing a debt. Civilization as we know it was built by slaves, ancient Eygpt, Persia, Geece, Rome, all built by slaves, at one point or another every group has been both the slave and the master. The african slave trade is by no means unique, slavery has been a fact of life in Africa since the beginning, slaves were always valued spoils of war among fighting tribes,Anyone that thinks the slave trade started because a boatload of europeans sailed down to Africa and started rounding up peaceful natives is sadly mistaken, at the time when european nations were getting involved in the slave trade there exsisted on the \nafrican continent a number of very large and powerful kingdoms, each with a large and powerful army, slaves were just one of a number of traded commodities, it should be noted that at the time when europeans were trading for slaves to sell in the americas, arab and african pirates were raiding european coastal villages for white slaves to sell in northern africa. There is no innocent guilt-free party here, everyone has blood on there hands. The slave trade in Africa continues to this day, why doesn't anyone talk about that? Slavery in america is a disgrace this country has to deal with, as are the segregation years that followed. This is still a fresh wound for america, slavery exsisted for three hundred years before the civil war and it's only been fifty years since the civil rights movement, we still have a long way to go, but giving away money doesn't solve anything, if you want to throw money at the problem throw it at education, health care, job training, things that actually do some good.I am not responsible for the sins of my forefathers, I cannot affect the past, only the future,personally, I think we need to spend more energy working on tomorrow than crying about yesterday.
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Beginning probably around the 1600s, various European nations began colonizing parts of Africa. The Europeans would go into a country and claim the land as their own, often enslave the people (sometimes sending them off to other colonies in the new world) and exploit the natural resources. After hundreds of years of colonial rule, African nations began rebelling, beginning around the middle of the 20th century. One by one, African nations gained independence. However, the power vacuum left by the European's departure was often filled by corrupt, despotic dictators. \n\nIn my opinion, the biggest disruptive thing the Europeans left behind was a legacy of exploitation of the people by the leadership of the country. This legacy is manifested by extreme poverty (despite ample natural resources available) and corrupt leadership. \n\nbasically, the Europeans used the africans then left them hurt and brioken with little ongoing support or help in liberating themselves from tyrannical rule.
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slaves and suspected natural resources (oil, gold, timber, etc)
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Although there is debate about what constitutes neo-colonialism, the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) and Ghana are cited as examples of continued victimization.\n\nSome also argue that debt repayment from African countries to the International Monetary Fund also constitute a form of neo-colonialism.\n\nKwame Nkrumah, erstwhile President of Ghana and one of the chief proponents of pan-African unity, long insisted that Ghana was another victim of neo-colonialism.\n\nMore details at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neocolonialism.
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Actually the first colony to have slaves was in the Caribbean and it was a Spanish colony. The first British colony to recieve slaves was Virginia.
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best bet is to look toward something on the Europe and it's colonies in Africa, I believe what the essay is direct toward is how the European countries dived up Africa for their own interest without taking into account the  need of the locals or tribes, \n\nHence leaving a legacy of dived people which is the cause of the in fighting currently\n\nOr the greed for oil or diamond's
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Slavery has existed in every society, race, culture and religion for eons. It only began to be condemned in the Christian West since the religious fanatic abolitionists came on the scene in the early 1800s. St. Paul writes in the New Testament for Christian slaves to obey their masters. Slavery exists in many parts of the world today especially in Islamic countries where generally their slaves are Negroes. A slave trade still exists between esat Africa and Arabia. Of Course Negroes were the first to enslave other Negroes and then by the Arabs centuries before the Portuguese arrive on the west coast of Africa.
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A long, long history of Western imperialism.
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How Capitalism Has Benefited the World
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Three words: RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM and CAPITALISM.\nSome have responded with answers such as Satan. However, that would imply that the world is getting worse. Historically speaking, it certainly is not. The unification of and cooperation between countries indicates a positive movement of participants in the world economy. This is a recent and continuing phenomenon.\n\nThe current threat to stability is the widespread conflict in the Middle East, in addition to much of Africa's problems. What fosters these problems? RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM and CAPITALISM.
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zafrumi666 I would be most happy to return to the tropical paradise from which I originate if your western countries returned the wealth they stole from it and also stopped exploiting non-western countries for cheap primary resources (crops, minerals, oil, etc).\n\nBlond dyslexic I fully agree with you. Whether or not you believe in Karma most people would agree that at some time what you put around finally comes around. As those white oppressive colonialist farmers sowed, so they are now reaping!
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Mauritius history! Life of slaves and indentured laborers during French and British colonization 1735 to 1962.
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Slaves are one of the reasons I'm thinking.
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Slave labor and barter goods.
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thats because slavery has never ended, the mental drain of africa is an ongoing thing, europe and americas where all built by africans.\nand to be quite honest africa has its own problems to be worried about what happened in the past especially when there is so much shit going down in this continent
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well, how lucky that we just studied this in school.  As a few of the above people have said, when British imperialists came in a made new borders, ethnic groups were forced into close proximity which obviously cause conflict.  Because Africa is so rich in natural resources (gold, oil, etc.)  many poor ethinic groups will want power over thees resources.  not helping at all, are the corrupt governments in africa which lack any infrastructure or laws.  the black market is also a big problem in Africa because it doesnt allow equal ditribution of money made from these resources.  it also funds many terrorist activities which, in turn, prevent any real government from being set up in those areas.  So, a mixture of economical problems, corrupt govts., black markets, and terrorism (all fueled by ethnic strife) is the cause of so much instability in Africa.  Hope i helped\n\n\nTIm\n\n\np.s. X M is wrong