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Did the dutch start the slave trade?

No, the Dutch did not the Portuguese and Spanish were the first to start slave trade in the Americas, but soon after the dutch followed. Also slavery is the worlds oldest trade, historians are not exactly sure when it started in the prehistoric world because no paintings, pictures, and written evidence have been found.


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The slave trade has not been stopped - there are still slaves in parts of the modern world.


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What have many africans been sold into?

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Why did the slave trade people migrate?

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