Law Assignment: Answer the Questions
- Who were the first Europeans to become engaged in the slave trade on the African coast?
- What three countries in modern-dayAfrica does Professor Gates visit? Note the map.
- About what percentage of the slaves in the slave castle died before they made it onto ships?
- Whose permission did Europeans need to establish slave-trading enterprises, including the castles?
- Are the members of Ashanti (Asante) royalty still important in today’s Ghanaian society? Explain briefly.
- The Asante spokesman says they “regret” their involvement in the slave trade. Do you think he is sincere? Why or why not?
- In the old days, one cannon was traded for how many slaves?
- What is most striking about the present-dayAmazons, the personal bodyguards of the current King of Dahomey?
- The kings of Dahomey continued to participate in the slave trade until what year?
- What interests or surprises you most about the practice of vodun(voodoo)? [Please do not just repeat what he says but explain in your own words.
- How does Martine de Souza (the woman) feel about being descended from Don Francisco?
- We heard arguments that the African kings either knew or didn’t know about the brutality of the transatlantic slave trade. In your opinion, which is true ? Why? Explain in a brief paragraph.
- How has this film affected your understanding of the transatlantic slave trade? What most surprised you about the history of the trade and/or about contemporary West Africa as presented in this film? Explain in a short essay
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