A major outpost for this practice was located at Elmina and was founded by Joao II.
A major outpost for this practice was located at Elmina and was founded by Joao II. An 1807 law in Britain that banned this practice was largely promoted by the Clapham sect led by William Wilberforce. It was documented in the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano who witnessed it firsthand during his childhood, and asphyxiation and starvation were common during its horrific "middle passage." For 10 points, identify this practice in which manufactured goods bartered for millions of Africans for forced servitude in the new world.
A major outpost for this practice was located at Elmina and was founded by Joao II.
Trans-Atlantic slave trade [prompt on "slavery" or equivalents]