1. Atlantic Slave Trade
In 1807, the British Parliament banned the Atlantic slave trade. ... In 1817, Spain signed a treaty agreeing to immediately end the slave trade north of the equator and south of the equator in 1820. Despite agreements and legislation, some slave trading still continued. ... The great trade networks across north Africa were as much to do with the safe transportation of slaves as other goods. ... The transatlantic slave trade sent Arab slavers into overdrive; here was a new market which could be exploited. ...
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