It is estimated that between the beginning of the 16th and the middle of the 19th century, around 12.5 million inhabitants of the African continent were enslaved and transported to Europe or the New World. Jews were involved in various ways in the greatest deportation in the history of humanity. In the early period of this enterprise, Sephardic Jews as well as New Christians, d…
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Green, Toby, “Slave Trade”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 08 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0814>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20221116
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