The Slave Trade

In this episode of History 102, WhatifAltHist creator Rudyard Lynch and Erik Torenberg

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:42) African Slave Trade Basics

(01:42) Misconceptions and Context

(03:20) Different African Slave Trades

(03:25) Muslim Slave Trade

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(19:49) Comparisons with the Atlantic Slave Trade

(40:34) Impact of Slavery on America

(54:09) Slavery in Brazil and the Caribbean

(57:30) Book Recommendations

(58:10) Wrap

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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:

• African Founders by David Hackett Fisher
• Conquests and Cultures by Thomas Sowell
• Africa by John Reeder
• Africa and the Africans by John Thornton