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The Slave Trade

The Europeans who came to America and created new empires need people to work their fields, and that need led to a diabolical creation, the international slave trade. Ships, generally owned by Europeans, brought slaves from Africa to the New World for centuries until the infernal trade was finally brought to an end in the 1800s.
Timeline of the Slave Trade
An informative timeline of the slave trade hosted by the Mystic Seaport Museum, as part of its Amistad exhibit.

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