1. Transatlantic Slavery and a Capitalist Modernity
The transatlantic slave trade occurred between the 16th and early 20th Century, it was a truly horrific period of human history where millions of men, women and children were uprooted throughout West Africa and dispersed across the colonised Americas connecting the economies of three continents. ... Their success, however, leads to a "ripple effect" across Europe and Portugal's position and power was soon threatened and diminished by Northern European countries such as the Netherlands and France. ... In scenes mirrored across Europe over this period in history the majority of ...
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