
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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The Long Island Slavery Industry in New York and New England
The montaka nation is described in many historical documents, including ones by olivia herself. This is an algonquian speaking nation related to other indigenous nations on the eastern end of now long island. The people aboard had often been trafficked through the cape berde islands off the western coast of africa. These islands were a primary port in the slave trade and they were under portuguese control.
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