Trade in the Senegambia Region : From the 12th to the Early 21st Century / Patience Sonko-Godwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sonko-Godwin, Patience, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Banjul, The Gambia : Sunrise Publishers, [2014]

Summary:

Trade in the Senegambia Region deals with the local andtrans-continental trading activities in the Senegambia Region.In thisexposition, Patience Sonko-Godwin depicts trade as an agent of changeand transposition of culture from one state to another and from onecontinent to another.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

List of Illustrations and Photographs

Maps

List of Interviewees

Foreword

Preface to the Third Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Acknowledgements

THE MAP OF SENEGAMBIA REGION

1. INTERNAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

INTRODUCTION

Local Markets - Exchanging Products of the Senegambia Region

The Long Distance or Trans-Saharan Trade

2. PORTUGUESE EXPLORATION AND TRADE IN THE SENEGAMBIA REGION

Why the Portuguese Took the Lead in Exploration

Prince Henry the Navigator Pioneered Exploration

The 'Discoveries'

Consequences of Portuguese Exploration

3. THE NEW WORLD AND EUROPEAN ACTIVITIES IN THE SENEGAMBIA REGION

European Rivalry for the Control and Trade of the Senegambia Region

The Portuguese Monopoly and the Challenge of Europeans Powers

The Courlanders, British and French

Dutch and English Rivalry

Rivalry of the French and British

The Role of Gambian Chiefs in European Rivalry

4. SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE AMONG THE PEOPLES OF THE SENEGAMBIA REGION

The Ordinary and Newly Acquired Slaves

Domestic or Household Slaves in Senegambia

Royal / Military Slaves

5. EUROPEANS AND THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE IN THE SENEGAMBIA REGION

The Changed Positions of Trans-Atlantic Slaves

How Slaves Were Obtained

The Organization of the Trans-Atlantic or Triangular Slave Trade

From Europe to Africa to the New World

The Slaves' Journey: The Senegambia Region

The Slaves' Journey - The Middle Passage

The Slaves' Journey - the New World

6. RESISTING AND EVADING SLAVERY IN THE SENEGAMBIA REGION

7. EVALUATION OF THE SLAVE TRADE IN THE SENEGAMBIA REGION

8. ABOLITION OF SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE

British Abolitionists

Abolitionists and the Founding of Freetown.

The Abolitionists and the Founding of Bathurst (Banjul) and Efforts Made to Stop Slavery

French Abolitionists

Abolition Activities in the New World

Local Reactions to the Abolitionists

9. IMPACT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE AND SLAVERY

The Linkages: Political, Economic and Social Activities - West Africa and the New World

10. BLACKS OF BRITAIN AND THE NEW WORLD - ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO WORLD DEVELOPMENT

11. THE SETTLER COLONIES OF SIERRA LEONE AND LIBERIA - ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACKS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEST AFRICA

12. LEGITIMATE TRADE IN THE SENEGAMBIA REGION

13. MODERN FORMS OF SLAVERY AND ATTEMPTS AT TOTAL ERADICATION

Slavery as a Contemporary Activity

Commemorating the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery

Attempts to stop modern forms of slavery

Child Rights

The Growing Ranks of Street Children

Addressing Modern Forms of Slavery in Senegal and The Gambia

Senegal and Modern Forms of Slavery

Application of the Legal Instruments against Modern Forms of Slavery

The Youth Parliament and Regional Councils

The Way Forward for Senegal in Addressing Modern Forms of Slavery

The Gambia and Modern Forms of slavery

The Constitutions of The Gambia and Legal Instruments that Address Modern Forms of Slavery

Children's Courts

Reporting to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

The Government Institutions, Legal Instruments and the Modern Forms of Slavery

National and International Non-Governmental Organizations Addressing Modern Forms of Slavery

The U. N. Agencies Addressing Modern Forms of Slavery in The Gambia

The National Youth Parliament and the National Youth Council and Modern Forms of Slavery

Freedom of Expression and Communication in Addressing Modern Forms of Slavery

Stopping Modern Forms of Slavery - The Way Forward.

Conclusion

Notes

Glossary

Abbreviations

Bibliography

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9983-94-242-9

OCLC:

1410591812