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The Atlantic Slave Trade

The Atlantic slave trade turned human capture into an international commercial system. European plantation demand, local warfare, raiding and political rivalry placed people in radically unequal positions. Some profited. Many were displaced, confined and forced across the ocean. Others resisted at every stage.

How did the Atlantic system operate, and how did people resist it?

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