Impact of the Slave Trade: Through a Ghanaian Lens
Impact of the Slave Trade: Through a Ghanaian Lens
How did the Atlantic slave trade impact Africa? We can study a smaller region to try to determine bigger answers.
Key Ideas
As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.
Key Ideas
Think about the following questions as you watch the video
- 02:07 How do Ato Ashun and Trevor Getz describe society around Cape Coast prior to the Atlantic slave trade?
- 04:03 What does the physical structure of Cape Coast Castle under the British, including its dungeons, tell us about the Atlantic slave trade?
- 05:08 What, according to Ato Ashun, were some of the economic impacts of the Atlantic slaving system on the coastal region?
- 06:15 According to Akosua Perbi, how did the Atlantic slaving system affect how people lived?
- 11:47 What impacts of the Atlantic slaving system does Wilhelmina Donkoh focus on in her interview?
- 12:50 How does Ato Ashun say that the evidence of the Atlantic slave trade, in the dungeons of Cape Coast Castle, affected him personally?