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PoindexterOglethorpe

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12. I would never be able to write that.

Reply to Recursion (Reply #10)

Wed Aug 24, 2016, 12:43 AM

Aug 2016

Oh, maybe I could dash off a short story which wouldn't require too much research, but the novel I'd love to read, better yet the series, would involve lots and lots of research that I wouldn't be willing to do.

Please try it yourself!

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The trans-Atlantic slave trade in a two minute animation [View all] Recursion Aug 2016 OP

Excellent representataion Warpy Aug 2016 #1

Yeah, that was what struck me first Recursion Aug 2016 #3

Wow, I'm speechless SummerSnow Aug 2016 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author MichiganVote Aug 2016 #4

Yeah. The impact of 1808 was especially impressive (nt) Recursion Aug 2016 #5

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Every time some idiot thinks that slavery just wasn't that bad, PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2016 #7

There was an earlier period of Native American and white slavery from England... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #9

Wow I'd love to read that alternate history Recursion Aug 2016 #10

I would never be able to write that. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2016 #12

Thank you for sharing that! Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #8

Thank you for posting GeoWilliam750 Aug 2016 #11

Anyone know if there was slave trading within the western hemisphere after crossing the Atlantic? aikoaiko Aug 2016 #13

Caribbean slaves had to be replaced frequently Warpy Aug 2016 #14

I think they mostly died within a few years. (nt) Recursion Aug 2016 #15