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African diaspora
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How the Atlantic Slave Trade Began: When Did the Atlantic Slave Trade Start?
Long before Columbus set sail, West African societies had practiced slavery for centuries, but the scale and brutality of the Atlantic trade were...
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How the Transatlantic Slave Trade Began: When Did It Start & Why It Shaped History
The question when did the transatlantic slave trade start isn’t answered by a single date but by a convergence of factors: the decline of serfdom in Europe...
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The Last Stronghold: When Did Brazil Abolish Slavery and Why It Changed History
The question of when did Brazil abolish slavery is often misconstrued as a triumphant endpoint, but in truth, it was the culmination of a fractured process...
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How America’s Darkest Chapter Began: When Did Slavery in the US Start?
By the mid-17th century, Virginia’s courts had begun treating Black servants as property for life, a shift codified in 1640 when John Punch, an enslaved...