Atlantic slave trade
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| - | Then the LORD said to [[Abram]], "You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years.", see [[400 years of slavery]] | + | "Then the LORD said to [[Abraham |Abram]], 'You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed as slaves for [[400 years of slavery |400 years]].'" --Genesis 15:13. |
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| The '''Atlantic [[slave trade]]''', also known as the '''transatlantic slave trade''', was the trade of African people supplied to the [[colonies]] of the "[[New World]]" that occurred in and around the Atlantic Ocean. It lasted from the 16th century to the 19th century. Most slaves were shipped from [[West Africa]] and [[Central Africa]] and taken to the New World (primarily Brazil). Some slaves were captured by European slave traders through raids and kidnapping, but most were obtained through coastal trading with Africans. | The '''Atlantic [[slave trade]]''', also known as the '''transatlantic slave trade''', was the trade of African people supplied to the [[colonies]] of the "[[New World]]" that occurred in and around the Atlantic Ocean. It lasted from the 16th century to the 19th century. Most slaves were shipped from [[West Africa]] and [[Central Africa]] and taken to the New World (primarily Brazil). Some slaves were captured by European slave traders through raids and kidnapping, but most were obtained through coastal trading with Africans. | ||
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"Then the LORD said to Abram, 'You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years.'" --Genesis 15:13. |
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The Atlantic slave trade, also known as the transatlantic slave trade, was the trade of African people supplied to the colonies of the "New World" that occurred in and around the Atlantic Ocean. It lasted from the 16th century to the 19th century. Most slaves were shipped from West Africa and Central Africa and taken to the New World (primarily Brazil). Some slaves were captured by European slave traders through raids and kidnapping, but most were obtained through coastal trading with Africans.
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