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Posted by ghenshaw on
 September 3, 2016 

Names of slaves

In 1807 the British parliament passed the Slave Trade Act which formally ended British participation in the African Slave Trade. In an attempt to suppress the African slave trade, starting from 1808, the British Navy’s West Africa Squadron intercepted slave ships bound for the continent of America. In total, 91,491 slaves were found. The table below […]

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