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This might surprise you: in 1750, in the time of the Transatlantic slave trade, a Norwegian captain of a Dutch slave ship was put on trial in Amsterdam for … human trafficking. He was accused of seizing Africans and selling them into slavery in Suriname. (1/18)
This is first and foremost the story of seven men, Kakera Acotie, Quasie Henkaba, Cobena Manson, Japa, Popo, Injacoreda and Atta from the Gold Coast town of Elmina and the Fante state (in present day Ghana). The men earned their living as canoemen along the African coast. (2/18)
The canoemen were highly skilled individuals whose services were sought along the West-African littoral. Heavy surf and dangerous cliffs made their job perilous, but they provided the fastest link between coastal communities and between the shore and visiting ships. (3/18) 
