The Colonial Department
The Colonial Department
Lio Mangubat
S2E1: Silk, Silver, Spices, Slaves
19 minutes Posted Nov 16, 2021 at 10:36 pm.
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When we think of the Galleon Trade, we usually think of rich cargoes of silver, or spices, or silk. But it also carried human beings, in chains, from Manila, to be sold in Mexico. This was the Transpacific slave trade.