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The Radio History of The World - The Slave Trade - BBC Sounds

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The Radio History of The World - The Slave Trade - BBC Sounds

The Radio History of The World

The Slave TradeThe Slave Trade
Released On: 28 Nov 2001
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Europeans in Ghana began the slave trade more than 500 years ago

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