He believed that education in skills such as farming and industrial work was the tool that would lead African Americans towards a major acceptance from the White Community.
He promoted solidarity among the African American community. This attitude would lift the community as a whole.
<u>Disadvantages:</u>
He promoted the acceptance of discrimination for the time being. This automatically positioned African Americans as an inferior group and could be considered as detrimental in the efforts of achieving the equality of rights among all Americans.
Trans-Saharan trade requires travel across the Sahara between sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa. While existing from prehistoric times, the peak of trade extended from the 8th century until the early 17th century. The Sahara once had a very different environment