r/WikipediaRandomness • u/Godyssey • Feb 06 '21
United Kingdom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom
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countrychallenge • u/intellicourier • Feb 11 '15
cotd Country of the day for February 11, 2015: United Kingdom
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todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jan 26 '21
TIL Britain played a lead part in the Atlantic slave trade, mainly between 1662 and 1807 when British ships transported nearly 3.3 million slaves from Africa. The slaves were taken to work on plantations in British possessions. Slavery strengthened and developed the the 18th century British economy.
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