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Transatlantic slave trade and plantation labor across the Atlantic world (1500–1867)

1494 - 1867

18 entries

Spanish silver mining at Potosí and its colonial economy (1545–1800)

1545 - 1800

12 entries

Royal African Company and English state-backed slave trading on the Gold Coast (1672–1752)

1660 - 1752

12 entries

Portuguese Brazil sugar plantations and export system (1530–1808)

1530 - 1808

16 entries

Peruvian mercury production at Huancavelica and its role in silver extraction (1570–1800)

1545 - 1790

13 entries

Mexican silver mines and the Zacatecas economy in New Spain (1546–1821)

1540 - 1821

14 entries

Indigo cultivation and export in Bengal under British rule (1780–1850)

1780 - 1850

12 entries

Indentured Indian labor migration to British overseas colonies (1834–1920)

1834 - 1920

12 entries

Hudson's Bay Company and the North American fur trade (1670–1870)

1668 - 1870

26 entries

Gold and diamond discoveries and extractive industries in South Africa (1867–1910)

1867 - 1910

14 entries

French Saint-Domingue sugar and coffee economy (1715–1804)

1715 - 1804

15 entries

Encomienda and repartimiento systems in Spanish America (1492–1650)

1493 - 1601

14 entries
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