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Podcast: The Forefront Radio
Episode: What is to Black Birding?
Description: Here are some of the economic factors that contributed to the end of the Indian Ocean slave trade discussed in the sources:
* **Shift in economic interests**: As plantation economies declined and wage labor rose, the demand for enslaved labor decreased.
* **Industrialization**: The Industrial Revolution shifted economic activities toward mechanized production, reducing reliance on slave labor.
* **The exploitation of Indigenous Australians**: European settlers in Australia used various forms of forced labor, including agricultural labor, domestic servitude, and exploitation in the pearling and fishing industries. This reduced the need to procure enslaved...