We all know a bit about the African/Caribbean slave trade but the scale of this was a complete surprise to me:
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british...laves_01.shtml
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....for the 250 years between 1530 and 1780, the figure could easily have been as high as 1,250,000 - this is only just over a tenth of the Africans taken as slaves to the Americas from 1500 to 1800, but a considerable figure nevertheless....
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I don't recall it ever being mentioned when we studied the history of the slave trade at school.
Well they say you learn something new every day....
ps. I'm not sure if this is the right place for this thread but, if it isn't, will some kind soul please find a decent home for it.
