The European Slave Trading powers
The beginning of English involvement
‘Free trading’ in slaves
African elites and the Slave Trade
How profitable was the Slave Trade?






African elites and the Slave Trade - Useful links
 
Thoughts on the Transatlantic Slave Trade
A West African perspective on the role Africans played in the slave trade.
http://www.africaresource.com/war/vol1.2/vol1.2a/naallah.html
Transition from the Slave Trade to 'legitimate ' commerce
This essay by Robin Law looks at the changes in the reliance of various West African states on slavery in the 19th century
http://web.archive.org/web/20030617153854/http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~slavery/essays/esy9601law.html
African political ethics and the Slave Trade
This essay compares resistance to the slave trade and acceptance of the European slave traders through King Afonso of the Congo and Queen Nzinga (Njinga) and King Garcia II of Angola.
http://muweb.millersville.edu/~winthrop/Thornton.html