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To some, the transatlantic slave trade was simply the global distribution of products. Those who stood to gain the most from it--stock companies, shareholders, and insurers--were among the leaders of European society. They considered themselves the pillars of the moral community and saw the trade as an entirely honorable business. A number of the wealthy merchants in Europe and the Americas had amassed fortunes in the slave trade, a business based on callous greed and inhumanity.
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Sir Humphrey Morice |
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