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West African societies were transformed by the slave trade, even in regions where few slaves were exported. While many books have been written on the import and export trade and on warrior predation, Dr Searing's concern is with the effects of the Atlantic slave trade on the societies of the Senegal river valley in the eighteenth century. He shows that the growth of the Atlantic trade stimulated the development of slavery within West Africa. Slaves worked as seamen in the river and coasting trades, produced surplus grain to feed slaves in transit, and sometimes came to hold pivotal positions in the political structure of the coastal kingdoms of Senegambia. This local slave system had far-reaching consequences, leading to religious protest and slave rebellions. The changes in agricultural production fostered an ecological crisis.

World history --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1899 --- Senegal --- Slave-trade --- Slavernij--(algemeen) --- 326 Slavernij--(algemeen) --- Slavery --- 326 --- Abolition of slavery --- Antislavery --- Enslavement --- Mui tsai --- Ownership of slaves --- Servitude --- Slave keeping --- Slave system --- Slaveholding --- Thralldom --- Crimes against humanity --- Serfdom --- Slaveholders --- Slaves --- History --- Sinighāl --- Territoire du Sénégal --- Gouvernement du Sénégal --- Republic of Senegal --- République du Sénégal --- Gouvernement de la République du Sénégal --- Saaxle Senegaal --- Réewum Senegaal --- Republiek van Senegal --- سنغال --- Republica de Senegal --- Rèpublica du Sènègal --- Seneqal --- Seneqal Respublikası --- Сенегал --- Senehal --- Рэспубліка Сенегал --- Rėspublika Senehal --- Republik Senegal --- Republika Senegal --- República del Senegal --- Senegalská republika --- Gweriniaeth Sénégal --- Senegali Vabariik --- Σενεγαλη --- Senegalē --- Δημοκρατια της Σενεγαλης --- Dēmokratia tēs Senegalēs --- セネガル --- Senegaru --- French Sudan --- Sudanese Republic --- Mali --- Mali Federation --- Africa, French-speaking West --- Commerce --- History. --- Slave trade --- Arts and Humanities --- Slave-trade - Senegal - History. --- Slavery - Senegal - History. --- Enslaved persons