For three hundred years, the infamous African slave trade was based on and facilitated
by African customs of selling their neighbours. The peculiar contribution of the
Europeans was to develop a theory of racial superiority to justify their own involvement.
The prevalence of this custom can be shown by the fact that when the British
undertook a census of India in 1841 they found a mind boggling 10,000,000 slaves.
(They passed laws forbidding the custom in 1862.) Today, there are still thought to be at
least 200,000 child slaves sold by African nations alone. Countries like Benin maintain
this is a ‘custom’, in which children are given ‘work experience’ abroad. In 2001, the
world’s interest was briefly kindled when one such modern-day slave ship, the Etireno,
en route to Gabon, was accused of having thrown 250 children overboard (as surplus
to orders).
For three hundred years, the infamous African slave trade was based on and facilitatedby African customs of selling their neighbours. The peculiar contribution of theEuropeans was to develop a theory of racial superiority to justify their own involvement.The prevalence of this custom can be shown by the fact that when the Britishundertook a census of India in 1841 they found a mind boggling 10,000,000 slaves.(They passed laws forbidding the custom in 1862.) Today, there are still thought to be atleast 200,000 child slaves sold by African nations alone. Countries like Benin maintainthis is a ‘custom’, in which children are given ‘work experience’ abroad. In 2001, theworld’s interest was briefly kindled when one such modern-day slave ship, the Etireno,en route to Gabon, was accused of having thrown 250 children overboard (as surplusto orders).
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