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To: areafiftyone

Of the slaves destined west for the new world, only 5% ended up in what is now the United States. Many, many more went to the caribean, Brazil etc...

14 posted on 07/10/2003 7:35:40 AM PDT by gleneagle

To: gleneagle

The British abolished their slave trade in 1807 and slavery itself in 1834 in the Carribean. But I am sure the trade still went on after that.

16 posted on 07/10/2003 7:55:33 AM PDT by areafiftyone (The U.N. needs a good Flush!)

To: gleneagle

Ah, but Brazilian slaves were treated differently and were, if I recall, manumitted sooner than American slaves.

33 posted on 07/10/2003 4:03:35 PM PDT by LS

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