How the slave trade ended
Dec 29, 2020
2 minutes
Beginning in the 1500s, the slave trade saw millions abducted from their homes and shipped against their will to endure a life of manual labour and mistreatment. Mainly targeting Africa, people were transported across the Atlantic to America, where they would be auctioned.
Having been split from their families, people were forced aboard cramped and disease-ridden ships for months. Life at sea involved brutal
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