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15 January 1744. A slight breeze is troubling the surface of the water on the Shama trading post on the West African Coast.
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›The many bad decisions of Philip Walsh
Follow the brief, and rather unpleasant, career of a 17th century sailor
›Not the master of the house.
Follow French Canadian colonist Louise Dupont, née Deschemins, through a year of separation from her travelling husband
›A moment in the life of an unknown baby boy.
The trade in enslaved people at the West African coast in 1744.
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›Workshop: The Prize Papers - Research Themes, Ideas, Methods, October 2019
›Workshop: The Materiality of (Archival) Documents - an exploratory workshop into the Prize Papers II, June 2019
›Workshop: The Materiality of (Archival) Documents I, December 2018
›Workshop: Thinking outside the box(es) and beyond the Horizon, September 2018
›Workshop: Cooperation with the Southern Netherlandish Prize Papers Project, August 2018
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›Die Prize Papers bei der Göttinger Nacht des Wissens 2019
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