Appolonia: An Outlier in the West African Atlantic Slave Trade.
From the second half of the seventeenth century to the late eighteenth century, the transatlantic slave trade in West Africa increased exponentially, allowing for several enslaved Africans to be shipped from the West African coast to different regions of the Atlantic world. This condition has led se...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of African Historical Studies Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 147 - 168 |
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Trustees of Boston University, acting through its African Studies Center
2024
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