THE DAY ORDINARY AFRICANS BECAME SLAVES
๐คTHE CAPTURE: THE DAY ORDINARY AFRICANS BECAME SLAVES Imagine waking up one morning in your homeland, surrounded by your family, friends, and neighbours. Suddenly, armed men arrive. People run for their lives. Families are separated, children are taken from their parents, and innocent people are captured and forced into slavery. ๐ THIS WAS THE PAINFUL REALITY OF THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE. Millions of Africans experienced the horror of capture through wars, raids, kidnappings, and other forms of coercion. The growing European demand for enslaved labour expanded this brutal trade, with some African rulers, merchants, and intermediaries also participating. But let us never forget one important truth: THE PEOPLE WHO WERE CAPTURED WERE NOT BORN SLAVES. THEY WERE BORN FREE HUMAN BEINGS. They had names, families, cultures, dreams, and ambitions. They were farmers, traders, fishermen, mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters. Yet, in a moment, their freedom could be stolen, their famil...