The transatlantic slave trade to Virginia in comparative historical perspective, 1698-1778

Afro-Virginian History and Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3-28

  Chambers, Douglas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315051246-8     Document Type: Chapter

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