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World History: Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

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Interactive Map - Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora 

Videos on Slavery Resistance from PBS
Secondary Sources

General Overview Articles