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African Slavery vs.
the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Much has been made by slavery apologists that Europeans should not be so castigated for the transatlantic slave trade since African chiefs sold many of their slaves to them.
But these two institutions were very different.
About David
I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from UCLA, a Master of Arts in History from Cal State University--Los Angeles, and a Doctor of Philosophy in African Diaspora History from Indiana University. I spent nine years as a public school teacher first in East New York, Brooklyn, and then in South and East Los Angeles.
My dissertation topic was on slave resistance, as well as the construction of race. Although I am considered a resistance scholar, I am primarily interested in creating community dedicated to effecting global change through the promotion of justice and freedom for all living things. So I consider myself a "freedom scholar."
I am originally from Queens, New York, but I currently reside in Jacksonville, Florida, where I am the Assistant Professor of History at Edward Waters College, Florida's first HBCU.
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Photo Credits:
Profile Pic: Kate Hallock
All other photos by: Ronnda Cargile Jamison
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