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Semi-protected edit request on 1 June 2025

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I request for Slavery in Brazil, Slavery in the British and French Caribbean, and the Atrocities in the Congo Free State to be added to the See also section. 2A0A:EF40:13B6:7201:9848:4BE4:BEF4:859F (talk) 09:37, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Partly done: I added the first two links. Atrocities in the Congo Free State is not sufficiently related to this article for a link to be appropriate. Day Creature (talk) 20:10, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 3 June 2025

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I request for the Atrocities in the Congo Free State to be added to the See also section, because it was quasi-slavery and it happened in a European colony. 2A0A:EF40:13B6:7201:2DAD:C7F2:9441:361B (talk) 22:13, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: See the response to your previous edit request concerning this. The events in the Congo Free State are not related in any way to the Atlantic slave trade, so this link would not be helpful to readers of the article. Day Creature (talk) 05:55, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 20 July 2025

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I request for Inboekstelsel to be added to the See also section please, since Slavery in South Africa is already added to the See also section. 201.221.92.36 (talk) 23:24, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: Link is too far removed from Atlantic slave trade — 🪫Volatile ^{📲T | ⌨️C} 07:27, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 31 July 2025

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I request for the Atrocities in the Congo Free State and Inboekstelsel to be added to the See also section, since both systems are considered by many historians as forms of slavery and both systems took place in Africa. Also Slavery in South Africa is already added to the See also section and inboekstelsel was a continuation of slavery in South Africa.186.96.212.67 (talk) 19:48, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: per declined requests above. I'll go ahead and remove Slavery in South Africa (they weren't a major participant in the Atlantic slave trade) and clean up other irrelevant links — 🪫Volatile ^{📲T | ⌨️C} 20:09, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]