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The Invisible Economy: Credit, Debt, and the Slave Trade
While we often focus on the brutality of the Middle Passage or the political resistance in Saint-Domingue, Episode 268 explores the financial architecture that made the transatlantic slave trade possible. We examine how European banks, insurance companies, and private merchants created a complex web of credit and debt to finance human suffering. Lucas and Luna discuss specific mechanisms like bills of exchange, the role of the Royal African Company, and how enslaved people were treated as collateral for loans. This episode highlights figures like Edward Colston and the institutional support…
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