Slavery and the triangle of emancipation

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Title:	Slavery and the triangle of emancipation
Author:	Nederveen Pieterse, J.
Year:	1988
Periodical:	Race and Class
Volume:	30
Issue:	2
Pages:	1-21
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Subsaharan Africa
Subjects:	national liberation movements abolition of slavery pan-Africanism
Abstract:	Slavery, the abolition movement, and the emancipation struggles of African slaves are intimately interwoven into the global fabric of empire and emancipation. The emancipation movements of the African diaspora made pan-Africanism part of their programme and thus contributed to the decolonization movements in Africa. This paper sketches the 'emancipatory triangle' which developed as a counterpart to the 'imperial triangle' or 'triangle trade' between Europe, Africa and the Americas, of which slave trade formed as essential part. It discusses the development from the maroon societies to the revolution in Saint Domingue (Haiti): the transformation of early emancipation struggles, from escapes out of slavery to attacks on slavery as an institution. It reviews the role of religion in the struggles for emancipation, the formation of a black liberation theology and its contribution to the civil rights movement. Then it shows how pan-African movements have influenced African colonial liberation movements. Ref.