Impact of the Slave Trade Through a Ghanaian Lens

Name: Impact of the Slave Trade Through a Ghanaian Lens
Uploaded: 2020-03-26
Duration: 14 min 48 s
Channel: Khan Academy
Description: The Atlantic slave trade removed 12.5 million people from Africa and probably resulted in the death of millions more. This violence and forced migration caused long-term suffering at the individual and societal levels. Three Ghanaian scholars give us a sense of its impact on the coast, the interior,

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The Atlantic slave trade removed 12.5 million people from Africa and probably resulted in the death of millions more. This violence and forced migration caused long-term suffering at the individual and societal levels. Three Ghanaian scholars give us a sense of its impact on the coast, the interior, and the far north of this region.