Christmas Island Diamond Fashion 2014 Bracelet And Bangles 103

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Christmas Island Diamond Fashion Bracelet And Bangles.
 By Samina Aamir.

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The demise of the slave trade resulted in the prohibition of manillas as a form of currency. A constant reminder and a tangible symbol of slavery and the slave trade, the British initialled a major recall of all manillas and replaced them with the British West African currency. Many of the existing manillas were collected, confiscated and sold as scrap. Much of it was melted and transformed in other usable

















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