Cape Squadron
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The Royal Navy & The East African Slave Trade – 1808 to 1853
Introduction Between 1640 and 1807 approximately 12 million Africans were transported from the west coast of Africa to the Americas; around 3.4 million of those were transported on British Ships. In May 1787 the first meeting of the Society for… Continue reading
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Magomero and The East African Slave Trade
The slave trade in Africa was buyer driven. It was complex and fragmented trade but generally the Europeans took enslaved people from the west coast and from south of the Zambezi River in the east while the trade on the… Continue reading
Travelogues and Other Memories 