All sorts of items were used in trading slaves such as guns, money, cotton, and a number of other types of goods where traded.
raw materials
They traded for gold and ivory and established trading posts. Portuguese began buying slaves there as well.
Trading-post empires are those empires in the earlier centuries (13-15th) which traded vast goods and set up trading posts. Trading posts were built by European traders along the coasts of Africa and Asia as a base for trade with the interior. Trading posts (or 'Factories') were islands of European law and sovereignty, but European authority seldom extended very fat beyond the fortified post.
Through slave traders who brought slaves through the Sahara desert to the Mediterranean Sea.
Through slave traders who brought slaves through the Sahara desert to the Mediterranean Sea.
Through slave traders who brought slaves through the Sahara desert to the Mediterranean Sea.
They traded for gold and ivory and established trading posts. Portuguese began buying slaves there as well.
probably gold, food, and other resources they don't need. They also might of traded explores things that they saw that they wanted.
gold and slaves
Dutch East India Company
West Africa
Africa mainly traded with Europe in exchange for machinery, Africa were trading 80,000 slaves per year. Also more and more countries trading with Europe and then they would raid other countries for slaves. Slavery played a big part in Africa because Africa wanted more guns and machinery.
Trading-post empires are those empires in the earlier centuries (13-15th) which traded vast goods and set up trading posts. Trading posts were built by European traders along the coasts of Africa and Asia as a base for trade with the interior. Trading posts (or 'Factories') were islands of European law and sovereignty, but European authority seldom extended very fat beyond the fortified post.
Through slave traders who brought slaves through the Sahara desert to the Mediterranean Sea.
Through slave traders who brought slaves through the Sahara desert to the Mediterranean Sea.
Through slave traders who brought slaves through the Sahara desert to the Mediterranean Sea.
Through slave traders who brought slaves through the Sahara desert to the Mediterranean Sea.
Through slave traders who brought slaves through the Sahara desert to the Mediterranean Sea.