Trans Saharan Slave Trade: A Crash Course For Curious Minds

Trans Saharan Slave Trade: A Crash Course For Curious Minds
Published 2/2025
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Caravans of Commerce and Captivity: The Trans-Saharan Slave Trade in Global Context

What you’ll learn

Examine the origins and development of the Trans-Saharan Slave Trade from the 7th century.

Map the key trade routes, regions, and urban centers involved, and assess how Sahara Desert geography shaped trade logistics, economic exchanges.

Evaluate the roles of enslaved individuals in Saharan and Mediterranean societies, including labor, military service, and domestic roles.

Contrast the Trans-Saharan Slave Trade with the Atlantic and Indian Ocean systems.

Assess long-term effects on African demography, state formation, and social hierarchies, including resistance strategies.

Critically engage with primary sources (Arab chronicles, oral traditions, legal documents) and historiographical debates.

Trace the trade’s modern-day legacy in cultural memory, identity politics, and debates over reparations.

Reflect on ethical challenges in studying slavery, emphasizing the agency and humanity of enslaved individuals.

Requirements

Description

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Introduction to Trans-Saharan Trade: Geography, Networks, and Empires

Lecture 3 Origins of the Trans Saharan Slave Trade

Section 2: Structures of the Trade

Lecture 4 Economic and Social Structures of the Trans-Saharan Slave Trade

Lecture 5 Enslavement and Middle Passage of the Trans- Saharan Slave Trade

Section 3: Destinations for Enslaved People and Cultural Reality

Lecture 6 Enslaved Lives in Destination Societies

Lecture 7 Cultural Exchanges

Section 4: Comparative Analysis, Decline and Abolition

Lecture 8 Decline and Abolition (19th-20th Century)

Anyone interested in History and developments in the World