Professor Perbi reveals that the domestic slavery and the trans-Atlantic trade operated hand-in-glove: “The Atlantic slave trade… did not supersede the indigenous slave trade. It is how we tell the story of the transatlantic slave trade, by treating the role the Africans played as marginal to the entire enterprise. Reparatory justice for the victims of the slave trade is long overdue, as African Americans have been demanding since the failures of the Reconstruction era. We are convinced of the role of the Christian Europeans in the transatlantic slave trade. Where the Negroes are Masters: An African Port in the Era of the Slave Trade.

Source: GhanaWeb March 27, 2026 10:48 UTC