“Wonders of the African World” And The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
“Wonders of the African World” And The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
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“非洲世界奇迹”和跨大西洋奴隶贸易
DOI:
10.1080/00064246.2000.11431070
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2000
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通讯作者:
J. Inikori
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J. Inikori
For communities to avoid capture and enslavement, first, they must have governments strong enough to prevent the members from capturing and selling one another; in other words, governments strong enough to prevent internal breakdown of law and order in the face of large-scale demand for captives. Second, they must have governments strong enough to inflict considerable punishment on external aggressors who may be tempted to capture and sell their subjects to meet the market demand. For as long as there is market demand at price levels that justify supply efforts, somebody is going to do what it takes to meet the demand. We