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Warpy

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14. Caribbean slaves had to be replaced frequently

Wed Aug 24, 2016, 03:42 PM

Aug 2016

due to the ravages of starvation and tropical diseases they had no resistance to, not to mention horrific injuries sustained harvesting sugar cane.

Most of the onshore trading was done from port cities like Charleston SC and Savannah GA in the US and ports in Bahia province in Brazil.

If you ever get a chance, visit the old slave market in Charleston SC. That place has haunted me since I was ten. The entries about each auctioned person as to physique and temperament in ornate copperplate script are chilling.

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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

This message was self-deleted by its author MichiganVote Aug 2016 #6

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