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Describes the history of how the ''Africa Trade'' formed the backbone of the British Empire. This book retells the story of how the international commodity market in Africans operated, how transportation of millions of Africans over thousands of miles developed and how the experience affected slaves both in bondage and then in freedom.

Britains Slave Empire

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      Publisher The History Press Ltd
      Published 1 October 2007
      ISBN-13 9780752444277
      978-0752444277
      ISBN-10 0752444271
      Also in:
      Colonialism and imperialism Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery Social and cultural history

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Describes the history of how the ''Africa Trade'' formed the backbone of the British Empire. This book retells the story of how the international commodity market in Africans operated, how transportation of millions of Africans over thousands of miles developed and how the experience affected slaves both in bondage and then in freedom.

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