Transatlantic Slave Trade: Britain’s Dominance, France’s Role and African Complicity
African and Caribbean leaders have called for formal apologies and reparations at a recent conference in Accra, Ghana. This followed a UN resolution recognising transatlantic slavery as the gravest crime against humanity and urging states to fund reparations. Historians estimate British colonizers purchased about 70% of enslaved Africans, driving the Industrial Revolution and early American growth. France, by contrast, played a smaller, indirect role by buying captives from other slavers rather than maintaining its own large trading fleets. The legacy of these forced migrations left West Africa impoverished and created a lasting wealth gap. Some argue that collusion between certain African leaders and Anglo secret societies continues to shape narratives, underscoring the need for an honest account of the slave trade and its impacts.
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