Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online
Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and TrinidadNearly 4m records documenting the lives of enslaved people across 20 former British colonies have been made searchable online for…
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Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad
Nearly 4m records documenting the lives of enslaved people across 20 former British colonies have been made searchable online for the first time.
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