Thread by @blackrepublican

"... and when the ship carrying new narrative had reached port; she stepped off, and embraced her old friend, the griot! And the two, she and he, agreed that it was time to slay the ol' monster. It was time to tell the body of real things, real events, once more."

#JuneTeenth

#RacialSaveryDenialism
Debunking Lily-White Lies About American Slavery.

#JuneTeenth

CLAIM: Every civilization had slavery.

FACT: "The system of racialised perpetual hereditary chattel slavery that was developed in the New World by Europeans has NO EQUIVALENT IN HISTORY"

NO EQUIVALENT IN HISTORY.
NO EQUIVALENT IN HISTORY.
NO EQUIVALENT IN HISTORY.
NO EQUIVALENT IN HISTORY.
NO EQUIVALENT IN HISTORY.
NO EQUIVALENT IN HISTORY.
NO EQUIVALENT IN HISTORY.
NO EQUIVALENT IN HISTORY.
NO EQUIVALENT IN HISTORY.

Myths about African Participation in the Slave Trade

By Professor @ayittey

“It is true there was slavery in Africa but not the inhumane chattel variety. Slaves in Africa enjoyed certain rights and privileges”.

#africanslavery

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"Slaves generally were principally war captives from inter-tribal warfare. Say there was a war between two neighboring tribes – the Ashanti and the Fante – and 5,000 Fantes were taken prisoner. "

The Ashanti King had the following options:

 1.  To keep the 5,000 Fantes in prison, which means he would have to feed, clothe and shelter them - an expensive economic proposition;

2.   To kill them, a very inhumane prospect; or

3.  Sell them off as slaves and use the proceeds to purchase weapons to defend his Ashanti people;

4.  Absorb and integrate the war captives into Ashanti society, a long, arduous and dangerous process since safeguards must be put in place to ensure that former combatants ...

would pledge allegiance to a new society and authority.

 Which option do you think the Ashanti King would take?

If you said the third option, you are right because it was the most humane and economically expedient.

The Ashanti also chose option 4, absorbed former war captives (slaves) into their society.

"To make their integration into Ashanti society as smooth as possible, even the Ashanti King was forbidden to disclose the slave origins of any of his subjects."

Myths about African Participation in the Slave Trade

By Professor @ayittey

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“All the old writers... concur in stating not only that wars are entered into for the sole purpose of making slaves, but that they are fomented by Europeans, with a view to that object.”

Slave Trade Debates of England in the early 19th century.