Department of History at Ohio State's video: The First Atlantic Revolution: Islam Abolition and Republic in West Africa circa 1776

Presented by Prof. Rudolph Ware, Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, as part of the 1619 and Beyond: Explorations in Atlantic Slavery and its American Legacy Series in the Department of History at The Ohio State University. Recorded Friday, October 18, 2019. About the 1619 and Beyond Series: In late August 1619 “twenty and odd” Angolans were brought from the West Indies to the Chesapeake Bay on the ship White Lion. Some of these individuals were sold into slavery at Jamestown. This year, 2019, marks the quadricentennial of this arrival of Africans in British North America and the start of a trans-Atlantic slave trade that would continue (legally and illegally) until the Civil War. The Ohio State University will reflect on this tragic event with a year-long program about slavery and its legacy in American life. The series will feature invited lectures by eminent scholars of Africa, the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and American slavery. We will also offer film screenings, seminars, and Slavery Roundtables. The departments urge students to participate in these events and to take courses dedicated to the history of slavery. Sponsored by: Department of History Department of African and African American Studies Center for Historical Research Office of Diversity and Inclusion Ohio Early American Seminar Organizing Committee: Chair: Stephanie Shaw Members: John Brooke, Joan Cashin, Alice Conklin, Simone Drake, Joan Flores-Villalobos, James Genova, Eric Herschthal, Hasan Jeffries, Ousman Kobo, Ahmad Sikainga, Adam Thomas For more information and a list of lectures, visit https://u.osu.edu/osuchr/1619-and-beyond/