Situated off Senegal on the west coast of Africa, the island of Goree was one of the earliest slave trading factories. It was owned at different times by the English, French and Dutch and only ceased operations in about 1870.
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Accession reference: Museum of London, 2006.44/11
Themes
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Trade and Commerce
Understand how the demand for luxury goods and the Industrial Revolution fuelled the transatlantic slave trade, and how the British…