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Pirates and the Slave Trade
12:38 - 19:51 (07:13)
The use of tumbling shot by pirates caused destruction to ships, personnel, and equipment; plantation owners used piracy to replenish enslaved labor; African people were captured or sold to enslavers and sent to forts to await their fate.
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Despite the ban on the trade of enslaved individuals, plantation owners and enslavers resorted to piracy and kidnapping to replenish their workforce, resulting in the brutal treatment of captured individuals in forts on the African coastline.
12:38 - 17:29 (04:51)
Enslavement
Summary
Despite the ban on the trade of enslaved individuals, plantation owners and enslavers resorted to piracy and kidnapping to replenish their workforce, resulting in the brutal treatment of captured individuals in forts on the African coastline.
ChapterPirates and the Slave Trade
Episode65: What is Buried Beneath the Sea? Biscayne National Park. (February Patreon Release)
PodcastNational Park After Dark
Bar shot was a unique, tumbling projectile used in naval warfare that caused significant damage.
17:29 - 19:51 (02:21)
Naval Warfare
Summary
Bar shot was a unique, tumbling projectile used in naval warfare that caused significant damage. The British Royal Navy used it as part of their anti-slavery operation by throwing it overboard to intercept ships with illegal human cargo.