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Africa’s medieval golden age
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African American abolitionists in Britain
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Freedom fighters: the enslaved people who fought for the abolition of slavery
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Were there slaves in Elizabethan England?
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Francis Drake: slave trader
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7 key questions about the transatlantic slave trade – answered
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A brief guide to the transatlantic slave trade
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Abolition in Britain: the link between slavery and the British national identity
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Success, sugar and slaves: the uncomfortable story of slaveholder Simon Taylor
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Who was Olaudah Equiano – and why was his story of slavery so important?
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