1620 -1789: From sugar to rebellion still
Slavery Routes • SEASON 1 EPISODE 3

1620 -1789: From sugar to rebellion

Slavery RoutesSeason 1Episode 3Apr 29, 201852 min

XVIIth century. The Atlantic has become the battlefield of the sugar war. French, English, Dutch and Spaniards fought for the Caribbean to cultivate sugar cane. To satisfy their dreams of fortune, the European Kingdoms opened new slavery routes between Africa and the islands of the New World. With the complicity of banks and insurance companies, they industrialized their methods and brought the number of deportations to unprecedented levels. Trapped, nearly 7 million African were caught up in a gigantic hurricane of violence.

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