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Robinson Crusoe: The man and his island

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Robinson Crusoe and the Slavery Trade

Daniel Defoe was in support of the slave trade. He believed it was necessary to advance British trading interests around the world. The book constructs a world in which people are either enslaved or enslaved. This is a period several decades ahead of the anti-slavery movements that ultimately led to the abolition of the trade.

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