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The Slave Trade in the Gambia River Region
This episode of The Atlantic Slave Trade: Empire Built on Human Suffering takes listeners deep into the Gambia River region, a major but often overlooked source of enslaved Africans during the 17th and 18th centuries. Hosts Lucas and Luna explore the role of the Mandinka kingdoms, the Portuguese lançados and tangomãos who operated as middlemen, and the infamous slave trading post of James Island, now a UNESCO World Heritage site. They discuss the rise of the Niumi kingdom under King Burungai Sonko, who controlled access to the river and grew wealthy through the trade, and the brutal…
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