Lego Animation: When African Rulers Sold Captives Into the Slave Trade — A Direct Look at the History
This work lays out the full record of how the transatlantic slave trade operated in West Africa. It explains how European demand, European ships, and European profit drove the system, while also showing the documented role some African rulers, military elites, and merchant networks played in capturing, holding, and selling people to European traders.
It traces the history through real places that still stand today. Badagry in Nigeria, where captives were marched to the “Point of No Return.” Elmina Castle in Ghana, used by Portuguese and Dutch traders as a major export point. Gorée Island in…
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