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A 7 page discussion of the vigorous slave trade that existed well before the colonization of Africa. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Indeed, practically every continent in the world has had its experiences with slavery. Pre-colonial Africa is certainly no exception. As Patterson (1982) emphasizes, there is "no group
of people whose ancestors were not at one time slaves or slave holders. Slavery was firmly established in all the great early centres of human civilization" (vii).
While certain subsistence lifestyles did not necessitate slavery, others did. Lagerlof (2009) points out that the general belief in history and anthropology is that hunter-gather
societies did not typically necessitate slavery. Even among these more "primitive" societies, however, there were instances where slavery was utilized. Numerous pre-Colonial African societies were intimately involved in
slavery (Perby, 2001). It is important to remember, however, just how complex pre-Colonial African society was in many cases. While hunting and fishing were among the primary subsistence
activities, there was an intensive agricultural focus. Not only were many of the regions of the continent deeply dependent on large scale agriculture and animal husbandry, there were thriving
trade routes and various forms of industry that both facilitated and presented the need for the slave trade. In addition to
agricultural slaves, Africas administrative sectors were diverse and many slaves were actually employed in those sectors (Perby, 2001). The military presented another demand for slaves as did the need
for collecting and processing food plants. The mining industry was another place where slaves were in high demand. Not only were there gold mines that could
benefit from slave labor, there were also needs in iron working and salt making (Perby, 2001). Slaves were valuable in the production of cloth and in other arts and
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