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David Olusoga reveals how the end of the royal monopoly and the expansion of commerce was the 'big bang' moment in the story of the slave trade. In the 18th century, the trade in enslaved Africans would reach its peak as it expanded out of the royal court to provincial towns and ports across the country, with thousands of new investors.
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