How Did Europeans Stop The Partition Of Africa During The 19th Century?

Europeans to stop the internal slave trade and spread civilization and education is often stated as… the main reason for the partition of Africa” is a very debatable statement. There were many reasons for the Europeans to expand into Africa during the 19th century. Many different motives of the Europeans were questioned, such as civilization, education, putting a stop to the slave trade and to spread their word about Christianity (Colonialism). However, the more probable reasons for their expansion were mainly to strengthen their economic and political power. By 1870, the take over of British and European powers against Africa was well underway. According to the quote, stopping the internal slave trade in Europe and expanding civilization and education to Africa was very important to the Europeans in order to thrive and prosper. However, these people seemed to have little respect for the people and communities that were in Africa during this time. According to Sheldon Gellar, in The Colonial Era, “The Conquest…also meant the end of African political, economic, and cultural autonomy, the transformation of elites and masses alike into colonial subjects with few political and civil rights, foreign economic domination, and the decline and …show more content…
“Colonialism justified itself largely through ideologies which asserted the superiority of the colonizer and the inferiority of the colonized (Gellar 140).” Clearly the Europeans were superior than the African community and sought to conquer all aspects of the African civilization. As a whole, the Europeans claim to expand the colonies, education, and stop the internal slave trade were all reasons behind the colonization. The economic and political factors that drove Europeans to invade Africa can be looked upon as aggressive and imperialistic due to them colonizing the land and taking over with