The early modern era. And by that i mean, essentially, three things. First, the origins and the rise of capitalism around the atlantic beginning in the late 16th century and continuing thereafter to the present. Secondly, the establishment of european dominance around the world. This is another major theme to which the slave trade is connected. And then finally, we are talking today about one of the very foundations of American History. America is the result of the meeting of three very old cultures, and you might say continents. People from europe, people from west africa, and people from native america. So today were going to talk about one of those three pillars. The african slave trade. Now, i want to begin with a quote by a very eminent africanamerican scholar activist named w. E. B. Dubois. Heres what dubois said about the atlantic slave trade. Dubois wrote the most magnificent drama in the last thousand years of Human History is the transportation of 10 million human beings out
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