The African Link, first published in 1978, breaks new ground in the
studies of pre-19th century racial prejudice by emphasizing the
importance of the West African end of the slave trade. For the
British, the important African link was the commercial one which
brought slave traders into contact with the peoples of West Africa.
Far from remaining covert, their experiences were reflected in a
vast array of scholarly, educational, popular and polemical
writing. The picture of Black Africa that emerges from these
writings is scarcely favourable - yet through the hostility of
traders and moralising editors appear glimpses of respect and
admiration for African humanity, skills and artefacts. The crudest
generalisations about Black Africa are revealed as the inventions
of credulous medieval geographers and of the late 18th century
pro-slavery lobby. The author combines the more matter-of-fact
reports of the intervening centuries with analysis of 17th and 18th
century social and scientific theories to fill a considerable gap
in the history of racial attitudes.
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