Historical Effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Tags: U.S. History, World History

05/16/2023 Lipton Matthews

While the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade have been well documented, people other than slave traders and slaveholders benefitted from it, with some surprising results.

Original Article: “Historical Effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade”

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