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Unearthing the Origins of Plantation Slavery on São Tomé

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To uncover this past, a team launched the country’s first archaeological research. The Praia Melão engenho and estate is the first archaeological site identified in São Tomé. São Tomé’s role in this devastating and transformational history is largely unknown—some people have never heard of the tiny nation.