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    THE AFRICAN TRADE MUSKET

    Jun 11, 2020 2 minutes
    BY MARK MURRAY-FLUTTER

    HE growth of trade between European countries, particularly Britain, and Africa grew in quantity and importance throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Guns, particularly trade guns, would play an important part in this. Indeed, by the early part of the 19th century unparalleled quantities of flintlock guns were

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