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This collection of essays surveys the practices, behaviors, and
beliefs that developed during slavery in the Western Hemisphere,
and the lingering psychological consequences that continue to
impact the descendants of enslaved Africans today. The
psychological legacies of slavery highlighted in this volume were
found independently in Brazil, the U.S., Belize, Jamaica, Colombia,
Haiti, and Martinique. They are color prejudice, self and community
disdain, denial of trauma, black-on-black violence, survival crime,
child beating, underlying African spirituality, and use of music
and dance as community psychotherapy. The effects on descendants of
slave owners include a belief in white supremacy, dehumanization of
self and others, gun violence, and more. Essays also offer
solutions for dealing with this vast psychological legacy.
Knowledge of the continuing effects of slavery has been used in
psychotherapy, family, and group counseling of African slave
descendants. Progress in resolving these legacies has been made as
well using psychohistory, forensic psychiatry, family social
histories, and community mental health. This knowledge is crucial
to eventual reconciliation and resolution of the continuing
legacies of slavery and the slave trade.
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