The Black Holocaust for Beginners [Paperback]

S. E. Anderson (Author), Vanessa Holley (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1995

An introduction to the horrors endured by African Americans between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries provides information that reveals how some one hundred million Africans died as a direct result of the slave trade and slavery. Original. IP.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Writers & Readers (August 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0863161782
• ISBN-13: 978-0863161780
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,261,751 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Black African slavery did not begin with the Atlantic trade, May 5, 2002

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This review is from: The Black Holocaust for Beginners (Paperback)

Anderson and Holley rightly tackle a topic that deserves study, however, they de-emphasize the well-developed Islamic slave trade that kidnapped more than 11 million Black Africans from their homes between 700 to 1900. This slave trade began centuries before the Atlantic trade and continued for centuries after. Islamic scripture fully embraces the institution of human slavery. Mohammed left many instructions to slaveowners. This express endorsement of human slavery by Mohammed accounts for the fact that human slavery was not abolished in Saudi Arabia until 1964 and not until 1968 in Kuwait. Islamic slavery was no less brutal than the Atlantic variety. Males slaves were routinely castrated and forced into military service.Female slaves become sexual servants whose children were not their own.

17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The single-most impacting book of Black history I've read., September 15, 1999

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This review is from: The Black Holocaust for Beginners (Paperback)

I've been reading everything "black" I could get my hands on since I started my awakening. I stumbled upon the Holocaust book in a small bookstore in Albuquerque, NM and had it read by that afternoon; I couldn't put it down. I was so impacted upon by the pictures, particularly of Sister Translator hanging from her tongue because she could speak to many and because she dared to strike a white man. It was so very interesting to learn about the Arab slave trade, especially the current state of affairs regarding slavery in Mauritania and the Sudan. Of great interest to me was the numbers Mr. Anderson cites. My husband, who is also a Black activist, has said for year he felt there were 100-150 million involved; it's easy to see there were really more than that. I applaud Mr. Anderson's bravery in writing a book about things no one wants to hear. I was moved to tears. Thank you, Mr. Anderson and may the Lord of your Fathers richly bless your life for your contribution to the cause.

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT. YOU ALMOST WANT TO SHED TEARS ON EVERY PAGE, October 2, 2009

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THE INFORMATION WAS PRICELESS. IT HURT MY SOUL AND BROUGHT ME TO TEARS TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO FOLLOW GOD WALK SO CASUALLY IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF SATAN. THE CRUELTY INFLICTED ON INNOCENT MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN WAS INCREDIBLE. ITS SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL DEPRAVITY OF THE EUROPEAN AND ARABIAN PEOPLE THAT THEY COULD ALLOW AND PARTICIPATE IN SUCH ATROCITIES. OUR CHILDREN AND CHILDREN ALL OVER THE EARTH MUST READ THIS BOOK SO THAT THEY WILL KNOW AND SO THAT THEY WILL NEVER FORGET AND SO THE HUMAN FAMILY WILL NEVER ALLOW THIS TO OCCUR EVER AGAIN.