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Trans-Atlantic Journeys Traced In Slave Trade Atlas

In the 1400s, the ships of the trans-Atlantic trade system began carrying cargoes of human beings. Some 12.5 million people would be shipped as slaves from Africa over the next 350 years. Historians David Eltis and David Richardson talk about their new book, Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Trans-Atlantic Journeys Traced In Slave Trade Atlas

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