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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-09-30 - Publisher: UNC Press Books
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Pages: 273
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-30 - Publisher: UNC Press Books
In the years following the Glorious Revolution, independent slave traders challenged the charter of the Royal African Company by asserting their natural rights
Language: en
Pages: 321
Pages: 321
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-11-20 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
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Language: en
Pages: 287
Pages: 287
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