The fight to abolish the slave trade in the British Empire
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What role did slavery play in the Industrial Revolution? And what (and who) brought first the slave trade and then slavery to an end?
What role did slavery play in the Industrial Revolution? And what (and who) brought first the slave trade and then slavery to an end?
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