The Expansion of tolerance
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National Archives, <strong>The</strong> Hague, Arch. OWIC, nr. 52. <strong>The</strong> document lists the numbers <strong>of</strong><br />
African slaves the Dutch West India Company transported between September 1636 and<br />
April 1637. This transport was among the first organised efforts <strong>of</strong> the WIC to enter the<br />
Atlantic slave trade. <strong>The</strong> trade in black slaves remained a monopoly <strong>of</strong> the Company.<br />
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