. over the centuries the slave trade forged new worlds and devastated others as violence subjugation and profit imposed their own roots the slave system created the greatest accumulation of wealth the world had ever seen up to that moment to. the late 18th century saw the slave trade reach its pinnacle with over 100000 captives abducted and deported every year. at the extremes of human domination even in slavery we find there is always resistance there is always tension and there s always trouble. at the dawn of the 19th century the brutality of the transatlantic slave trade brought about its decline europeans had to find alternative means of accumulating wealth after abolition the expanded the limits the concept of slavery . brazil bears the legacy of slavery finally years right as the slave trade was banned a 2nd wave of captives from africa were swept up in the bay of rio de janeiro overtures 1000000 slaves landed there during the 1900 centuries making rio the largest slav
news. first, alastair leithead takes the first part of an epicjourney from the atlantic ocean to the far reaches of the congo river. he explores how history has shaped the congo of today and uncovers the lesser told stories of this beautiful, if troubled country. one of the world s great rivers flows from the heart of africa. it cuts through the largest rainforest outside the amazon. with wildlife found nowhere else on earth. it is amazing. the democratic republic of congo is a vast, beautiful but tormented place. this country is rich, but its people are among the world s poorest. for centuries, its resources have been plundered, and it has been ravaged by war. from here you cannot find anybody. they start going, all of them, they disappear soon. the violence goes on, and now it is plagued by ebola. but some change is coming, for this country the size of western europe. we are setting off on a long and challenging expedition to follow the congo into the heart of africa. from
things and leaving some things out. it is just like modern politics. you don t think of the constitution that way but it is just a thoroughgoing debate where both sides use whatever methods seem likely to win. i think on that note, we will leave it there. but thank you so much. the american revolution is reborn and frontier country, thank you michael klarman. good talking to you. we want to hear from you. tweet us. twitter.com/booktv or facebook.com/booktv. welcome to authors voice a virtual book signing network. i am daniel wineberg and we are here in the abe lincoln bookstore. we talk utbooks pertaining to the u.s. civil war and presidents. visit our bookshop at our website. we stream live on all our favorite digital devices featuring book authors another viewers in every jgenera. fiction, historical fiction, mystery. we have had people like wesley clark and thor goodman and many others over the last 11 years. today you are watching house divided dedicated to lincoln
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