Analysis Of The Book 'Inhuman Traffick'

At first glance, Inhuman Traffick: The International Struggle against the Transatlantic Slave Trade bares resemblance to your typical, run of the mill historical textbook. The reader [looking at the cover,] may expect to see ordinary text that would pertain to a standardized African History course. Contrary to the title, the author, Rafe Blaufarb, provides a vivid, contextual look at how slavery spanned out with the use of graphic images and primary sources in a way most authors do not today. Comparatively [to other textbooks,] Inhuman Traffick depicts the development of the raw story of enslavement. From the ships to the whips, it shows concrete details of this haunting era while adding an underlying complexity to the story whilst omitting

The slaves [both Sierra Leoneans and Krus] were apprehensive and fearful to be held captive in a whole new territory where they knew they were destined to meet their demise and death on a sugar plantation. Although the slaves were considered English subjects, they still had no freedom. Identically, they were sold off like they were dogs in a pet store (Blaufard 88.) By the same token, slaves were still held captive in confined areas similar to the ship and forced to be laborers and face hours of work. Comparatively, the Sierra Leoneans had a different experience than the Krus because they were skilled craftsmen. Whereas the Krus would work on agriculture (Blaufard 91.) Moreover, it appeared as if there was no light at the end of the

Without the conflict France may have had slavers later than when they were abolished. Britain and France have always been enemies at this time, and they had enslaved British subjects. As a result of this, British officials felt that it was imperative for them to preempt French reclamations (Blaufard 108.) They had meetings with the French and they eventually complied by late 1829. The Neisree was just the beginning. British officials perceived the Neisree incident as “a symptom to a bigger problem” (Blaufard 114.) Thus prompting people like Fleming to document the reports to paint a bigger picture and make a change. Fleming’s reports cause disagreement between other officials. Some of them said that it was not their place to condemn other countries for slave trade, but Fleming thought it was necessary. Shortly after he published his reports, France still would not comply entirely consequently causing an uproar in