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The Notting Hill Carnival
- 2007 And the Abolition of Slavery in 1807
The 2007 Notting Hill Carnival
And The Abolition Of Slavery In 1807
It was Europeans who rid the world of
Slavery !
As this is the Bicentennial year for the Abolition of Slavery
in 1807, it is only to be expected that the Slave Trade should
be the "Theme" for the 2007 Notting Hill Carnival.
African slavery and the Notting Hill Carnival are inextricably
linked as the Carnival has it's origins as a celebration of
the Abolition of Slavery.
http://www.seanbryson.com/articles/z_chapter_carnival_carnival_fset_2.html
In 1807 William Wilberforce exclaimed: "Thank God that
I have lived to witness the day in which England is willing
to give £20 million for the abolishment of slavery."
He died three days later.
( That was £20,000,000 - 200 years
ago, what would that be worth today ? )
http://www.seanbryson.com/articles/black_slavery_wilberforce.html
It was Europeans who rid the world of
Slavery !!!
"The widespread revulsion which the hideous institution
of slavery inspires today was largely confined to Western
civilisation a century ago, and a century before that was
largely confined to a portion of British society.
No one seems interested in the epic story of how this curse
that covered the globe and endured for thousands of years
was finally gotten rid of by the West - not only in Western
societies but in other societies conquered, controlled, or
pressured by the West.
The resistance put up by Africans, Asians and Arabs was monumental
in defense of slavery, and lasted for more than a century.
Only the overwhelming military power of the West enabled it
to prevail on this issue, and only the moral outrage of Western
peoples kept their government's feet to the fire politically
to maintain the pressure against slavery around the world.
Of course, this is not the kind of story that appeals to
the multiculturalists. If it had been the other way around
- if Asian or African imperialists had stamped out slavery
in Europe - it would still be celebrated, in story and song,
on campuses across America."
- Thomas Sowell, "Multicultural instruction"
http://www.seanbryson.com/articles/truth_about_slavery_two.html
Most slaves sold
by Africans
"Estimates of the total human loss to Africa over the
four centuries of the transatlantic slave trade range from
30 million to 200 million. At the initial stage of the trade
parties of Europeans captured Africans in raids on communities
in the coastal areas.
But this soon gave way to buying slaves from African rulers
and traders.
The vast majority of slaves taken out of Africa were sold
by African rulers, traders and a military aristocracy, who
all grew wealthy from the business.
Most slaves were acquired through wars or by kidnapping."
- Tunde Obadina - "Slave Trade: A Root Of Contemporary
African Crisis"
Tunde Obadina is director of Africa
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http://www.seanbryson.com/articles/abolition_tunde.html
Sean Bryson
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