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A shipwreck hidden off an iconic Cape Town beach reveals the horrors of the slave trade
For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a ...
Captives and Companions — a powerful story of slavery in the Islamic world
One of the last eunuchs of the Ottoman Empire, speaking in 1938, proposed a title for his own biography: Scream. He had never, he explained, forgotten the screams of his mother and brother when they ...
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The Atlantic slave trade : effects on economies, societies, and peoples ...
Introduction : gainers and losers in the Atlantic slave trade / Joseph E. Inikori and Stanley L. Engerman -- The impact of the Atlantic slave trade on the societies of the Western Sudan / Martin A ...
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From slave ships to trade ships
As we prepare to celebrate Emancipation Day this Friday, we are called to reflect not only on our past, but also on the ...
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The slave rebellion that accidentally doubled America’s size when France went broke in 1803
In 1803, America pulled off the biggest real estate deal in history. Napoleon needed cash fast after his Caribbean empire ...
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Church of England sheds light on ‘shameful’ slave trade ties
Church of England sheds light on ‘shameful’ slave trade ties By: Jill Lawless, The Associated Press Posted: 11:35 AM CST Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023 Last Modified: 12:58 PM CST Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023 ...
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The invisible history of the slave trade - The Toronto Star
I n our everyday lives, we invoke the metaphors of slavery. For example, if you feel you are being exploited you might say, "I am being treated like a slave." Yet few people actually know about ...