Slavery has existed in the world for several millennia. Before the development of technology to perform tedious tasks, slave ...

Although originally built for trade in gold and ivory and other resources ... When Europeans arrived along the West African coast, slavery already existed on the continent. However, in his ...

The transatlantic slave trade was one of the most devastating and ... They were captured near the Atlantic coast of Africa, by the rivers of Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone. One of them, Ana ...

As trade in enslaved people ... [Royal Africa] Company's service on the Gold Coast was 27%. – 'General History of the Caribbean: Volume III The slave societies of the Caribbean', editor Franklin ...

In the 1600s the Netherlands established one of the world’s first art markets – but it couldn’t have happened without the ...

They were used as ballast in slave/trade ships for the outbound trip. Beads and other trade items were exchanged for human cargo as well as ivory, gold and other goods desired in Europe and around ...

The transatlantic slave trade was one of the most devastating and ... They would then travel further over land, to South American gold mines operated by European colonizers. As a scholar of ...

The transatlantic slave trade was one of the most devastating and ... They would then travel further over land, to South American gold mines operated by European colonisers. As a scholar of ...