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Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2023

Makhroufi Ousmane Traoré
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Pomona College, California
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Between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, more than fifteen million people were uprooted from West Africa and enslaved in the trans-Saharan and transatlantic worlds of slavery. The ethnic state of Gajaage, located in the West African hinterland, offered a doorway to the Atlantic Ocean and played a central role in the large-scale trade system that connected the histories of Africa, the Americas, and Europe. Focusing on the Soninke of Gajaaga, Makhroufi Ousmane Traoré demonstrates how their resistance to the slave trades led to the formation of a united community bound by an awareness of identity. This original study expands our understanding of the various modes of resistance West Africans employed to stem the encroaching tide of Arab imperializing efforts, European mercantile capitalism, and the Atlantic slave trade, whilst also highlighting how ethnic and religious identities were constructed and mobilized in the region.

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Print publication year: 2023

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  • Introduction
  • Makhroufi Ousmane Traoré, Pomona College, California
  • Book: Slavery, Resistance, and Identity in Early Modern West Africa
  • Online publication: 16 November 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009282352.002
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  • Introduction
  • Makhroufi Ousmane Traoré, Pomona College, California
  • Book: Slavery, Resistance, and Identity in Early Modern West Africa
  • Online publication: 16 November 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009282352.002
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  • Introduction
  • Makhroufi Ousmane Traoré, Pomona College, California
  • Book: Slavery, Resistance, and Identity in Early Modern West Africa
  • Online publication: 16 November 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009282352.002
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