Unit 3

Mechanisms of Enslavement: Warfare, Raiding, and the Politics of Capture in West and West-Central Africa

Students will be able to analyze how warfare, state formation, and political instability in African societies contributed to the supply side of the transatlantic slave trade.

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Lessons

1. Lesson 1State-Sponsored Warfare and Captive Production
2. Lesson 2Military Technological Disparities and Firepower Advantage
3. Lesson 3Collapse of the Kingdom of Kongo and Internal Fragmentation
4. Lesson 4Rise of the Imbangala and Maritime Raiding Networks
5. Lesson 5Fulani Jihads and Religious Mobilization for Captive Acquisition
6. Lesson 6Practices of Enslavement Within African Societies
7. Lesson 7Gendered Dimensions of Capture and Enslavement

Unit exam