Explain what the Middle Passage was and why Europeans engaged in this kind of slave trade. Who benefitted? In what ways does capitalism encourage the persecution of minorities and weaker peoples?Discuss

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Print of the Slave Ship Brookes

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Olaudah Equiano Describes the Middle Passage, 1789

Explain what the Middle Passage was and why Europeans engaged in this kind of slave trade. Who benefitted? In what ways does capitalism encourage the persecution of minorities and weaker peoples?

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