June 13, 2020
Scott Adams has had a brilliant insight about the demand for reparations
"Kente reflects the history of the Ashanti people, from the emergence of the various Ashanti kingdoms to the development of the slave trade up to and including contemporary life in Ghana.[20] Slavery was historically a tradition with the Ashanti, slaves typically taken as captives from enemies in warfare. The welfare of their slaves varied from being able to acquire wealth and intermarry with the master's family to being a human sacrifice in funeral ceremonies.[21][22]
By the early 1800s the Ashanti had become a major exporter of enslaved people. The slave trade was originally focused north with captives going to Mande and Hausa traders who exchanged them for goods from North Africa and indirectly from Europe. By 1800, the trade had shifted to the south as the Ashanti sought to meet the growing demand of the British, Dutch, and French for captives. In exchange, the Ashanti received luxury items and some manufactured goods including most importantly firearms. The consequence of this trade for the Ashanti and their neighbors was horrendous. From 1790 until 1896, the Ashanti were in a perpetual state of war involving expansion or defense of its domain. Most of these wars afforded the opportunity to acquire more slaves for trade.[23]
The modern-day Ashanti claim that slaves were seldom abused,[24] and defend the "humanity" of Ashanti slavery by noting that those slaves were allowed to marry, and that their children were born free.[25] conservapedia
20. http://ultimatehistoryproject.com/kente-cloth-and-the-history-of-the-ashanti-people.html
21. Alfred Burdon Ellis, , The Tshi-speaking peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa Template:Webarchive, 1887
22. Rodriguez, Junius P. The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery, Volume 1, 1997
23. https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/ashanti-empire-asante-kingdom-18th-late-19th-century/
24. Johann Gottlieb Christaller, Ashanti Proverbs: (the primitive ethics of a savage people), 1916"
By the early 1800s the Ashanti had become a major exporter of enslaved people. The slave trade was originally focused north with captives going to Mande and Hausa traders who exchanged them for goods from North Africa and indirectly from Europe. By 1800, the trade had shifted to the south as the Ashanti sought to meet the growing demand of the British, Dutch, and French for captives. In exchange, the Ashanti received luxury items and some manufactured goods including most importantly firearms. The consequence of this trade for the Ashanti and their neighbors was horrendous. From 1790 until 1896, the Ashanti were in a perpetual state of war involving expansion or defense of its domain. Most of these wars afforded the opportunity to acquire more slaves for trade.[23]
The modern-day Ashanti claim that slaves were seldom abused,[24] and defend the "humanity" of Ashanti slavery by noting that those slaves were allowed to marry, and that their children were born free.[25] conservapedia
20. http://ultimatehistoryproject.com/kente-cloth-and-the-history-of-the-ashanti-people.html
21. Alfred Burdon Ellis, , The Tshi-speaking peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa Template:Webarchive, 1887
22. Rodriguez, Junius P. The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery, Volume 1, 1997
23. https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/ashanti-empire-asante-kingdom-18th-late-19th-century/
24. Johann Gottlieb Christaller, Ashanti Proverbs: (the primitive ethics of a savage people), 1916"
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