Political Principles and Ideologies in Charles Johnson’s Middle Passage by Raphaël Lambert

Subjects: “…transatlantic slave trade…”
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“That Sottish and Selfish principle”: Cugoano on Self-Interest, Imagination, and Moral Wrongdoing by Aminah Hasan-Birdwell

“…The following paper analyzes Ottobah Cugoano’s argument against the type of moral wrongdoing of those who participated in the practices of the transatlantic slave trade and of enslavement. I will argue that Cugoano describes moral wrongdoing in a general and particular sense. …”
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Slavery and Kant’s Doctrine of Right by Huaping Lu-Adler

“…In the 1780s through the end of 1790s, Kant made various references to slavery (in its different forms) and the transatlantic slave trade in the context of his political philosophy or philosophy of right. …”
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Dispersion of the Yorùbá to the Americas: A Fatalist Hermeneutics of Orí in the Yorùbá Cosmos – Reading from Tutuoba: Salem’s Black Shango Slave Queen by Emmanuel Adeniyi

“…To expand the scope of the studies, this article examines the metaphysical and ontological questions on the enslavement of the Yorùbá – an African ethno-nation whose members were condemned to slavery and servitude in the Americas during the inglorious transatlantic slave trade. I used metaphysical fatalism as a theoretical model to interrogate prognostications about dispersion of the Yorùbá from their matrix as expressed in their mythology. …”
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L’Atlantique de l’esclavage, 1775‑1860. by Marie-Jeanne Rossignol

“…Most ambiguous in its commitment to ending the transatlantic slave trade was the United States : not only did it not repress the trade but American entrepreneurs were often involved in the transatlantic operations. …”
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Re-imagining the History of British Abolition: The New Historical Consciousness in Winsome Pinnock’s Rockets and Blue Lights by Xiting Qiao

“…The juxtaposition of historical and social texts reflects Pinnock’s awareness of the fictional nature of historical texts, and reveals the continuing impact of the transatlantic slave trade. By restoring black voices across time and space, Pinnock reconstructs the black subjectivity in the history of abolition and in contemporary society. …”
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“Here Lies the Possibility of Bodies Turning Elemental”: by Jenny Andrine Madsen Evang

“…Despite ample historical evidence, Scandinavia’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade remains an underdiscussed topic; when the history is broached at all, it tends to be relegated to a distant ‘dark chapter’ already overcome. …”
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Reparative Justice Vis-a Vis the legacy of slavery in the Caribbean. Interregional perspectives by Claudia Rauhut

“…This paper deals with the current demands of compensation for the damages and crimes caused by the transatlantic slave trade of African persons and from the institution of slavery in the Americas. …”
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