The System of Slavery Was a Significant Part of Early

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The system of slavery was a significant part of early modern empires, but by the end of the eighteenth century anti-slavery sentiment was increasing and the nineteenth century saw the end of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. How was slavery abolished in Britain and France?

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