“From 1789 to 1888: The New Frontiers of Slavery – Twenty million Africans were enslaved by European colonial powers. It was only in the 18th century that opposition to the slave trade formed in Europe.”
Slavery Routes – a Short History of Human Trafficking
Part 4 Slavery’s New Frontiers
DW (2020)
Part 4 begins by examining Brazil’s unique history in the international slave trade. Two million African slaves landed in Brazil during the 18th century. At present, it has the second highest population in the world (with Nigeria at number one). One of the last country’s to end slavery (in 1888), it’s currently world leader in police violence against its Black residents.
In 1791 a massive slave revolt in the French colony of St Domingue (where African slaves comprised 90% of the population)* successfully defeated Napoleon’s army to overturn the white government and end the plantation system. The Haitian revolution destroyed the most productive slave colony in the world and reduced the Atlantic economy by half.
White plantation owners and foremen fled Haiti to use their experience in running plantations in Cuba, the US and…
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AuntyUta 
Thanks for reblogging, Aunty.