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'Cat o'nine tails'


 

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First Hand Accounts

tn_olaudah_equianoThere are a number of eye-witness accounts of the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade and the infamous 'Middle Passage',...Read more...

Slave Forts on the African coast

tn_zba2744Once the captured Africans arrived at the Atlantic, they were taken to one of the many slave forts that could be found along the coastline. Read more...

Capture and Enslavement

Slavery in early sub-Saharan Africa took a variety of forms. While most slaves were field workers, some served in royal courts as officials. Read more...