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June 21, 2007
Warfare and slavery
"European traders found it hard to get slaves during times of peace. However, when there was war, gold was scarce and slaves were widely available," says Doctor Akosua Adoma Perbi, the head of the history department at Ghana's Legon university.
"One traveller wrote in his memoirs that in 1681 he had got only eight slaves after combing the whole of Ghana's coast from west to east. But when he asked why that was, he was told the people were at peace.
So warfare was a major source of slaves.
BBC NEWS | Africa | Slavery's long effects on Africa
Posted by thdyck on June 21, 2007
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