European enslavement of Africans Archives

Thousands of documents relating to seized ships and legal proceedings were found in the British National Archives. They were bound with ribbons of different colors, signifying, for example, different courts and court personnel. (National Archives, U.K.)

Records Of Seized Ships, Now Online, Reveal Details Of Wars And Enslaved Africans

February 23, 2022 zenger.news Comments Off

So-called “Prize Papers” recount privateering, slavery and legal appeals of the 17th and 18th centuries.
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