Unearthing the Origins of Plantation Slavery on São Tomé (www.sapiens.org)
from recreationalplacebos@midwest.social to archaeology@mander.xyz on 19 Mar 2024 23:18
https://midwest.social/post/10070209

The African island nation played a central—but little-known—role in the rise of the global sugar trade based on enslaved labor. To uncover this past, a team launched the country’s first archaeological research.

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