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What other countries were involved in the slave trade in the 1700s?

May 21, 2020 by Karen Hill

By the end of the sixteenth century, Holland had become the leading African slave trader, followed by England and France after 1700.

In the 1800s, the Danes, Swedes, and Germans all participated in the slave trade.

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Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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