William De La Palma Director, Dutch West India Co. September 5, 1705 The history of the European seaborne slave trade with Africa goes back 50 years prior to Columbus' initial voyage to the Americas.

Ruins of 'First English Slave Fort in Africa' Found Buried Under Another Fort Leaves Archaeologists Stunned The slave trade ...

In East Africa a slave trade was well established before the Europeans arrived on ... Brazilian traders were finding it difficult to operate in West Africa because the British navy was ...

Although slavery is an ancient practice it has had its critics long before the 18th century. In West Africa there were a number of people who kept out of the slave trade, refusing to negotiate ...

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The "many" he refers to are the Africans taken as free people and then forced into slavery in South America, the Caribbean and North America. Along the west coast of Africa, from the Cameroons in ...

It's estimated that over 11 million Africans were enslaved, with more than 1 million dying during the brutal transatlantic voyage to the New World. Once slaves were captured throughout the ...