Slave Trade Leaves Economic Legacy
Shadows in the “House of Slaves” on Goree Island, Senegal. The house is a major tourist destination and reminder of the country’s slaves trade (Photo: O’Reilly/Corbis)
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Decades after the end of colonial rule in Africa, and more than one hundred years after the official end of the slave trade in the US, the continent remains among the least-developed regions of the globe. But how far is the trade in human beings responsible for Africa’s lack of economic progress?
