The History of Borders

The Peace of Westphalia was signed by 109 principalities and touchies in 1648. This era has also been described as one of the largest periods of involuntary migration in human history. The transatlantic slave trade trafficked an estimated 12.5 million enslaved African people between the 16th and 19th century. In the 19th century migrants from now underdeveloped regions began to stream towards the more developed areas in droves.