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Engraving showing African captives in chains being brought aboard a slave ship, with white crew members overseeing and preparing them on the deck.

Map showing the the components of the triangular trade as they moved across the Atlantic Ocean.

Colored engraving of the slave ship Brooks shows tightly packed rows of enslaved people lying side by side on two decks, illustrating overcrowded conditions during the Middle Passage.

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