Dates in the Atlantic slave trade.
Here is a simple but breathtaking timeline site that lists initiatives that made trade in slaves illegal, many years before our own Civil War and Emancipation of slaves in the United States. Fascinating re: the development of international and national law -- and of course the struggle for and against slavery. Very modern in presaging today's struggles among nations to address global wrongs.
| Dr. Jim Moore, senior fellow at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society and author of "The Second Superpower Rears Its Beautiful Head," says "I love timelines"
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