The Slave Trade (History Files)
James Walvin • Thames & Hudson • ISBN 9780500289174
The Slave Trade (History Files)
James Walvin • Thames & Hudson • ISBN-13 9780500289174
ISBN-10 Not provided • 2011 • 1st Edition
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ISBN 9780500289174 • Completeness 48
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The 16th-century Spanish and Portuguese explorers who went to Africa in search of gold discovered an even more lucrative cargo: slaves. Humans had long been traded in Africa, but the establishment of labour-hungry European plantation colonies in the New World gave these ancient systems new impetus.
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