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[Act of a French society concerning the slave trade] [In French]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06136 Author/Creator: Place Written: Paris, France Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1748-1750 Pagination: 12 p. : Height: 34 cm, Width: 22.6 cm Order a Copy

"Acte de Societe concernant l'Etablissement d'un commerce suivi de la Traite des Negres a la Cote D'Angole" (pertains to Senegal). Organization of French slave trade company. Has numerous addenda for 1748, 1749 and 1750, all dated and signed at Paris.

Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Business and Finance
African American History
Africa
Slavery
Slave Trade
France
Global History and Civics
Foreign Affairs
Slavery & Anti-slavery

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