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  • HISTORYExpand
    • The history they don’t tell you
    • Britain’s role: the full picture
  • WHO PAYS?Expand
    • Who pays? The racial levy problem
    • Narrowing the pool
    • The double liability problem
    • The Windrush dimension
  • THE LAWExpand
    • The legal case that doesn’t exist
    • The government’s weak position
  • CARICOMExpand
    • CARICOM and the ten-point plan
    • Does the money even work?
    • What would actually be fair?
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    • Sources and further reading
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  • The history they don’t tell you
  • Slavery before European contact
  • African kingdoms as active suppliers
    • The Ashanti kingdom and the slave trade
    • The Kingdom of Dahomey: slavery as state policy
    • Other supplying kingdoms: Oyo, Benin, Kongo
    • The role of African middlemen in the Atlantic trade
  • The Portuguese connection: who started the Atlantic trade
  • Why this history matters to the reparations claim
The history they don’t tell you

The role of African middlemen in the Atlantic trade

PreviousOther supplying kingdoms: Oyo, Benin, Kongo

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  • HISTORY
    • The history they don’t tell you
    • Britain’s role: the full picture
  • WHO PAYS?
    • Who pays? The racial levy problem
    • Narrowing the pool
    • The double liability problem
    • The Windrush dimension
  • THE LAW
    • The legal case that doesn’t exist
    • The government’s weak position
  • CARICOM
    • CARICOM and the ten-point plan
    • Does the money even work?
    • What would actually be fair?
  • SOURCES
    • Sources and further reading