HISTORY 2JJ3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Olaudah Equiano, System On A Chip, International Trade
24 Apr 2020
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The 19th c part i key words: illegal and legitimate commerce, militarization, change, continuity in w and e africa. Abolitionist period and ending of slave trade. Expansion of global commerce, rapidly changing african political structures, transformations in soc structures and relations and binding these together changing patterns of warfare. The impact of long distance and overseas trade on local political-soc-econ military structures and processes. Reformulating political and econ structures within the context of increase role of warfare (increase militarization) Africa was part of the global econ for several centuries prior to 1800 but international trade in. International trade is key component of 19th c commerce. Commercial power = the power to expand, converted into political and military power: can take over territories. Devastating, destructive and violent consequences on indigenous political-econ generations of fams, forms of soc organization. War for slaves and expansion by oyo, dahomey, and asante in 17th and 18th c produced supplies of captives for the coast.
