African voices of the Atlantic slave trade : beyond the silence and the shame / Anne C. Bailey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bailey, Anne C. (Anne Caroline)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slave trade--Africa, West--History.

Slave trade.

Slave trade--America--History.

Slave trade--Ghana--History.

Anlo (African people)--Social conditions.

Anlo (African people).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It's an awful story. It's an awful story. Why do you want to bring this up now?--Chief Awusa of Atorkor For centuries, the story of the Atlantic slave trade has been filtered through the eyes and records of white Europeans. In this watershed book, historian Anne C. Bailey focuses on memories of the trade from the African perspective. African chiefs and other elders in an area of southeastern Ghana-once famously called "the Old Slave Coast"-share stories that reveal that Africans were traders as well as victims of the trade. Bailey argues that, like victims of trauma, many African societies now experience a fragmented view of their past that partially explains the blanket of silence and shame around the slave trade. Capturing scores of oral histories that were handed down through generations, Bailey finds that, although Africans were not equal partners with Europeans, even their partial involvement in the slave trade had devastating consequences on their history and identity. In this unprecedented and revelatory book, Bailey explores the delicate and fragmented nature of historical memory. "From the Trade Paperback edition."

Contents:

Intro

contents

Chapter 1: From the Middle Passage to Middle Quarters, Jamaica: The Transformation of a Personal Journey

Chapter 2: The Incident at Atorkor: A Break with the Past

Chapter 3: African Agency in the Atlantic Slave Trade: Realities and Perceptions

Chapter 4: African Resistance: The Slave Who Whipt her mistress and Ganed Her Fredom and Other Oral and Written Tales

Chapter 5: European and American Agency in the Atlantic Slave Trade: From Raid and Trade to Operational Breakdown

Chapte r 6: The Social and Political Impact of the Atlantic Slave Trade on the Old Slave Coast

Chapter 7: Subversion of the Sacred: The Effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade on Anlo Ewe Religious Organizations

Chapter 8: Reparations as Rememory and Redress

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-279) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-299-56285-X

0-8070-5519-0

OCLC:

182531017