Slighean Trailleachd (Slavery Routes)  

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Slighean Trailleachd (Slavery Routes) 

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A look at the slave trade in black Africans from the 7th to the 20th century.  

A global investigation into what remains the most comprehensive exercise in dehumanisation ever orchestrated: the slave trade in black Africans from the 7th to the 20th century.  


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An investigation into the slave trade in black Africans from the 7th to the 20th century.

An investigation into the slave trade in black Africans and how after 1789, the abolitionist movement gathered momentum.

From 1789 to 1888, in the new frontiers of slavery
in London, Paris and Washington, the abolitionist movement was gathering momentum. After the slave rebellion in Santo Domingo, and facing the public opinion’s growing outrage, the major European powers abolished the trans-Atlantic trade in 1807. 

Yet Europe, in the midst of the industrial revolution, could not do without the slave workforce. To satisfy its needs in raw materials, it pushed further the frontiers of slavery and turned a blind eye on the new forms of human exploitation in Brazil, the United States and Africa. At a time when legal trade was finally prohibited, the deportation of African captives would explode, and become more important than ever. Within 50 years, nearly 2.5 million were deported.

Bho 1789 gu 1888: Crìochan Ùra Tràilleachd. Ann an Lunnainn, Paris is Washington, bha an iomairt an aghaidh tràilleachd a' sìor-fhàs. Às dèidh rèabhlaid nan tràill ann an Santo Domingo, is seach gu robh am poball a' tionndadh na aghaidh, chuir rìoghachdan mòra na h-Eòrpa stad air malairt nan tràill tarsainn a' Chuain Shiar ann an 1807. Ach, ann san tionndadh gnìomhachais, cha dèanadh an Roinn Eòrpa a' chùis às aonais tràillean. Bha feum air bun-stuthan is chaidh tràilleachd a phutadh chun iomaill, is cha robh guth air an droch-dhìoladh ann am Braisil, na Stàitean Aonaichte is Afraga. Aig àm nuair a chaidh malairt laghail a chasg mu dheireadh thall, dheidheadh an àireamh de dh'Afraganaich a chaidh an toirt am bruid am meud gu mòr, is dh'fhàsadh e na bu cudromaiche na bha e riamh. Taobh a-staigh 50 bliadhna, chaidh faisg air 2.5 millean an toirt am bruid.

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Slighean Trailleachd (Slavery Routes) : Series 1

A look at the slave trade in black Africans, from the 7th to the 20th century.  

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