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First, a stronger tribe would overwhelm a weaker tribe and triumph in some war. After which the losing tribe often times was sold off into slavery. Back during the Transatlantic Slavery period this was a very typical way that slave traders procured their slave cargo. | First, a stronger tribe would overwhelm a weaker tribe and triumph in some war. After which the losing tribe often times was sold off into slavery. Back during the Transatlantic Slavery period this was a very typical way that slave traders procured their slave cargo. | ||
| − | [[William Wilberforce]] commented about Panyarring in his ''A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade'', pointing out that ''To panyar is to kidnap or steal men. It is a word used all over the Coast of Guinea.'' | + | [[William Wilberforce]] commented about Panyarring in his ''A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade'', pointing out that ''To '''panyar''' is to kidnap or steal men. It is a word used all over the Coast of Guinea.'' |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63974 A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade], by William Wilberforce | * [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63974 A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade], by William Wilberforce | ||
Latest revision as of 21:44, January 3, 2026
Panyarring, Panyaring, manstealing, (or simply kidnapping) is the name of the process by which African tribal leaders would sell off other tribal members into slavery after a war victory.
First, a stronger tribe would overwhelm a weaker tribe and triumph in some war. After which the losing tribe often times was sold off into slavery. Back during the Transatlantic Slavery period this was a very typical way that slave traders procured their slave cargo.
William Wilberforce commented about Panyarring in his A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, pointing out that To panyar is to kidnap or steal men. It is a word used all over the Coast of Guinea.
External links
- A Letter on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, by William Wilberforce