Some of the most important issues of today's world – such as development, human rights, and cultural pluralism – bear the unmistakable stamp of the transatlantic slave trade.From Chains to Bonds is a collection of essays by experts throughout Africa, the Americas, Europe, and the Caribbean that were first presented at the UNESCO Slave Routes conference in Ouidah, Benin in 1994. It highlights the impact that the slave trade has had on the world in which we live. Finally, it lays the foundations for further research in this area.
Also available in the Memory of Peoples series