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Plans of a ship for transporting slaves, engraving, 1790.
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The remarkable resilience of enslaved people in colonial America
History of Zanzibar's slave trade
Tour Virginia's Shenandoah Valley and learn about the state's colonial settlement and Mount Vernon
Who was Spartacus?
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