Clarke, John Henrik - Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust - Slavery and Rise of European Capitalism.pdf

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CONTENTS
Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Introduction 15
1. The Nature of the Gathering Storm 33
2. Africa Before The Slave Trade 37
3. New Enemies Disguised As Friends 47
4. Slave Trade and Slavery In Retrospect 51
5. The Slave Trade: How and Why It Started 57
6. Time of Troubles 61
7 Sorrow In A New Land 65
8. The Forced Migration 77
9. The Slave Trade In The New World 81
10. The Broader Dimensions of the Crisis 87
11. Conclusion - When Will We Memorialize
The Victims of Our Holocaust 93
Notes On References 107
Bibliography. 109
Index 118
FOREWORD
ONCE AGAIN DR. JOHN HENRIK CLARKE has made another out•
standing contribution to his school of African knowledge and has
furthered the significance of this African-centered perspective on
world history. For almost two decades as a distinguished profes•
sor of African World History at Hunter College of the City
University of New York, and for more than a half a century as a
scholar advocate for African peoples, Dr. Clarke has been a bea•
con of light in the sea of European-American darkness and blind•
ness. He has consistently urged all the people he e in
contact with to seek the truth about human history by pursuing
the path of enlightenment through knowledge, first of self and
one's people and then others. He has constantly predicted that
this path of wisdom would lead to improvement and a new day
for Africans everywhere.
As a master teacher Dr. Clarke had always stated clearly that
you cannot understand world history without understanding the
central role of African history. This short but timely work gives
the reader a sense of the urgency of African and world history at
this moment in time. The title subject matter of this publication
reveals its significance and relevance-Christopher Columbus
and the Afrikan Holocaust. Similarly the subtitle is even more po•
tent and enlightening-slavery and the rise of European capital•
is