16.SaturdaySeminarSeries: Legacies and Impact of the (so-called) Trans Atlantic Slave Trade on the Afrikan Diaspora

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When we discuss the legacies and impact of trans-Atlantic enslavement on the Diaspora, we must consider several issues. Among these is the tendency of the word “legacy” to have a positive connotation for many – where the enslavement of Afrikan=Black people may fail with regard to this criterion. More importantly, in this paper I would like to draw the reader’s attention to the fact that in many places, such as the united snakkkes, enslavement has never been abolished by law, merely renamed. As such, it becomes difficult to discuss a legacy or aftermath of something that is still in progress. Therefore, we will take the united snakkkes as a case study of enslavement changing names/forms yet remaining essentially the same in spirit and nature if not worse in terms of impact on Afrikan=Black people.