Here are some YouTube videos worth studying as part of your exam
preparation on the subject:
Position of the Kingdom of Benin on slave trade:
The Kingdom of Benin kings did not believe in maltreating
other humans beings thus their attitude to capturing of their fellow human
beings and selling them off for cheap profit, they showed little interest in the
slave trade throughout its duration.
We know from all records and accounts that the Kings of Benin
resisted the Europeans and their fine promises right up to the end of the
Kingdom in 1897. They wanted nothing to do with them which involved selling out
on their people.
Key questions to explore:
BBC Bitesize:
1)
What moral compass should we use to guide our
actions, principles or profit? Use the videos as source evidence to support your
position citing pro and con evidence.
2) If you
had been an African king in those slavery days and with material promises from European
traders for yourself and your kingdom, what would you have done?
3) Using source
evidence from these videos, do you agree or disagree with this statement: Rich industrious
African countries had no need to engage in the slave trade.
4) What was
it about the Great Kingdom of Benin kings that made them not want to take part
in such degrading treatment of fellow human beings for profits? We know from
all accounts that they did not believe in surviving at the expensive of fellow human
beings. The slaves they kept were domestic and with rights and were nothing
like the dehumanised chattel slaves of the transatlantic Slave trade.
5) In your opinion,
who was most responsible for the transatlantic slave trade?
6) In your opinion, should Britain pay compensation to African
countries for the consequences of the slave trade?
Further research: http://slaverystory.blogspot.co.uk/
