Cross-cultural trade and the slave ship the Bonne Société: baskets of goods, diverse sellers, and time pressure on the African coast
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slave trade; markets; Atlantic world; West Central Africa;All these keywords.
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- N77 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - Africa; Oceania
- N87 - Economic History - - Micro-Business History - - - Africa; Oceania
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2021-11-08 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-INT-2021-11-08 (International Trade)
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