by refusing to do business with slave traders. - Apex
It is estimated that around 12.5 million Africans were forcibly transported as part of the transatlantic slave trade between the 16th and 19th centuries.
Estimated about 12 million
Zero There was no 'transatlantic holocaust', if you are referring to the slave trade, there was no sacrifice, the Africans were taken by force, do not try to piggy-back onto another event, the slave trade has it's own identity, it does not need to compare itself to other events.
They didn't join, they started the transatlantic slave trade...
Some Africans were involved in the transatlantic slave trade as intermediaries who captured and enslaved people to sell to European slave traders. Additionally, some African rulers and merchants profited from the trade by selling enslaved individuals in exchange for goods and weapons.
Africans were captured for enslavement through various means including raids, warfare, kidnapping, and trade with European slave traders. They were often sold by fellow Africans or European slave traders to work on plantations in the Americas. The transatlantic slave trade was brutal and dehumanizing, resulting in the forced migration of millions of Africans.
European slave traders captured slaves in Africa during the transatlantic slave trade.
african slave trade was a horrible time
The slave ship flag, also known as the "Red Ensign," was used by British ships involved in the transatlantic slave trade. It symbolized the British government's official approval of the trade. The flag is a reminder of the brutal and inhumane practices of the transatlantic slave trade, which forcibly transported millions of Africans to the Americas as slaves. Its historical significance lies in its association with the exploitation and suffering of enslaved people during this dark period in history.
The first forced migration was referred to as the Transatlantic Slave trade. This included Africans enslaved in Africa and sold to slave traders. Once in America, a second forced migration (internal slave trade) moved them from the Atlantic ports to the American south. A third migration was voluntary, where Africans migrated to the the northern states of America.
Africans were enslaved due to economic exploitation by European colonizers, racial beliefs of African inferiority, the need for cheap labor in the Americas, and the transatlantic slave trade.
Africans were involved in the transatlantic slave trade, capturing people from rival tribes or through warfare and selling them to European slave traders in exchange for goods or money. This trade was facilitated by the demand for labor in the Americas for agricultural work, leading to millions of Africans being forcibly taken from their homes and sent into slavery.