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US foreign policy, demonstrating the lengths to which America will go to maintain stable relations in volatile west Africa.

Federal prosecutors have charged five Gambians with violating the Neutrality Act, a seldom-invoked 1794 law that makes it illegal to mount a military expedition against “any foreign prince or state” with whom the US is at peace.

  • Gambia, originally colonized as a slave trading outpost at the edge of the Mali empire gained independence from Britain 1965
  • The Gambia’s overseas diaspora – Census Bureau estimates that only around 11,000 live in the United States

Gambians saw themselves as Americans, pursuing American ideals, with American guns

The reckless plot to overthrow Africa's most absurd dictator
by Andrew Rice theguardian.com
32 min read
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Check out this PBS site to learn how economics has progressed since Africans in America.

The Terrible Transformation: Narrative | Resource Bank | Teacher's Guide
1450-1750

Revolution: Narrative | Resource Bank | Teacher's Guide
1750-1805

Brotherly Love: Narrative | Resource Bank | Teacher's Guide
1791-1831

Judgment Day: Narrative | Resource Bank | Teacher's Guide
1831-1865


Introduction | Resource Bank Index | Teacher's Guide Contents | Youth Activity Guide | The TV Series and Beyond

Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery

Everything you thought you knew about slavery is about to be challenged. Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery is the groundbreaking series that makes history by sharing it from a new perspective. Nearly ten years in the making, this landmark six-hour set exposes the truth through surprising revelations, dramatic recreations, rare archival photography and riveting first-person accounts.

 Video: 1:22:50 Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery (1/4) - Terrible Transformation (1450-1750)

 

 Video: 1:23:28 Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery (2/4) - Revolution (1750-1805)

 

 Video: 1:23:27 Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery (3/4) - Brotherly Love (1791-1831)

 

 Video: 1:22:52 Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery (4/4) - Judgment Day (1831-1865)

 

Check out this PBS site to learn how economics has progressed since Africans in America.

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