The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Overcoming the 500-year Legacy

Stacy Brown, Benjamin Chavis

• Publisher: SelectBooks
• Year: 2024
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781590795705
• Subtopic: African American History
• Index: History

"Dr. Chavis shows us that the fight against the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade is not just about seeking justice for past wrongs but about dismantling the present systems of oppression that have evolved from it." – From the Foreword by CHUCK D
The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Overcoming the 500-Year Legacy is a profound exploration of one of humanity's darkest chapters. Co-authored by National Newspapers Publishers Association (NNPA) Senior National Correspondent Stacy M. Brown and renowned historian Dr. Benjamin Chavis, this book delves into the enduring impacts and legacies of the transatlantic slave trade from 1500 to 2024.
The transatlantic slave trade is a brutal scar on the face of humanity, a monstrous crime that tore millions of Africans from their homeland, dehumanized them, and built the so-called American dream on their blood, sweat, and tears. This isn't just history—it's the very foundation of the systemic racism that still plagues America today. To understand the real roots of the struggle, one must return to where it all began. And that's precisely what this book does—unflinchingly and unapologetically.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword by Chuck D
• Preface
• One: UN Observes International Remembrance of Slave Trade
• Two: The Catholic Church Played a Major Role in Slavery
• Three: A Five-Hundred-Year-Old Shared History
• Four: The Economic Engine of the New Nation
• Five: Are We Still Slaves?
• Six: The “Roots” of Slavery and Its Lasting Effects
• Seven: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration
• Eight: From Slavery to Civil Rights and Environmental Racism
• Nine: The Transatlantic Slave Trade: 500 Years Later the Diaspora Still Suffers
• Ten: The Transatlantic Slave Trade—Africans Urged to “Come Home”
• Eleven: A Slave’s African Medical Science Saves Lives of Bostonians During the 1771 Smallpox Epidemic
• Twelve: Environmental Racism, Another Legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• Thirteen: The Misleading Myths of Black-on-Black Crime
• Fourteen: The Deepening Wealth Gap: Decades of Policy Failures Leave Formerly Enslaved People Behind
• Fifteen: Redlining, Gentrification, and the Stealing of Communities
• Sixteen: The News Media Perpetuates Racism
• Conclusion: Overcoming the 500-Year Legacy from 1500–2024
• Appendix A: UN Resolution on International Decade for People of African Descent
• Appendix B: UN Resolution on the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• Appendix C: UN Declaration on Human Rights
• Appendix D: UN Report on Reparatory Justice for People of African Descent
• Epilogue: African Union Ambassador Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao’s Address to the NNPA at its Midwinter Training Conference in Florida, January 2019
• About Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
• About Stacy M. Brown