| WP2 - Atlantic Slave Trade, Trade Connections and Forced Labour |
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Workpackage leader :
David Richardson University of Hull Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation (WISE)
The objectives of this workpackage are :
- to redress the neglect of the Atlantic slave trade in the study of the history of Western Europe ;
- to study commercial ties between Europe (notably Portugal, Britain and France) and Africa in comparative and long-term perspective from the 15th to 20th centuries ;
- to reveal how African slavery, the Atlantic slave trade and colonial systems of forced labour have contributed to shaping modern Europe, including national identities.
Researchers involved in this workpackage :
Antonio DE ALMEIDA MENDES |
