The opportunity presented by European slave dealers became the major (though not the only) stimulus for a great deal of social violence between different African communities and within any given community. It took the form more of raiding and kidnapping than of regular warfare, and that fact increased the element of fear and uncertainty.


p. 149. - How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972)

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The opportunity presented by European slave dealers became the major (though not the only) stimulus for a great deal of social violence between...

The opportunity presented by European slave dealers became the major (though not the only) stimulus for a great deal of social violence between...

The opportunity presented by European slave dealers became the major (though not the only) stimulus for a great deal of social violence between...

The opportunity presented by European slave dealers became the major (though not the only) stimulus for a great deal of social violence between...