They came mainly from West Africa.
Slaves were captured from various regions in West Africa, including modern-day countries such as Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, and Angola, among others. They were transported across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas to work on plantations and in mines.
This map shows that the Atlantic slave trade was widespread across Africa, with large numbers of slaves being transported to the Americas. It indicates that the trade had a significant impact on regions along the coast, where most of the slave forts were located, serving as hubs for the trade.
The Atlantic Ocean was the primary ocean used for the triangular slave trade, which involved the transportation of enslaved Africans from West Africa to the Americas. The trade routes formed a triangle, with ships traveling from Europe to Africa to buy slaves, then to the Americas to sell them, and back to Europe with goods produced in the Americas.
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Route refers to the network of trade routes that spanned the Atlantic Ocean, connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade. It involved the transportation of African slaves to the Americas to work on plantations and in mines. The route played a significant role in shaping the social, economic, and demographic landscapes of these regions.
Geography played a significant role in the slave trade by determining where slaves were captured, transported, and sold. The proximity of Africa to the Americas made it a prime source of slaves, as well as the development of specific trade routes across the Atlantic. Geographic features such as rivers and coastlines also influenced the movement of slaves and facilitated the growth of the transatlantic slave trade.
The slave trade triangle involved three main routes: Europe to Africa to acquire slaves, Africa to the Americas to sell slaves, and the Americas back to Europe with goods produced by slave labor. This triangular trade route facilitated the transatlantic slave trade between the 16th and 19th centuries.
In West African cultures, slaves were allowed to own slaves of their own, while those in the Atlantic slave trade were not.
slaves hence the name Atlantic SLAVE trade
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
The East African slave trade in the 1600s was operated within Africa, Europe, and Asia, while the Atlantic slave trade in the 1700s also included the Americas.
No. Slavery and the slave trade had been going on in Africa for centuries before the Atlantic Slave trade came into being.
In West African cultures, slaves were allowed to own slaves of their own, while those in the Atlantic slave trade were not.
Ships from Europe would buy slaves from other slave owners in Africa (YES there were slave owners in Africa!) and then transport them into docks in southern states bordering the Atlantic. There owners from the States could buy or trade them.
In West African cultures, slaves were allowed to own slaves of their own, while those in the Atlantic slave trade were not.
Tribes of Africa
In both centuries, more African slaves were sold across the Atlantic than within Africa
In both centuries, more African slaves were sold across the Atlantic than within Africa.
In both centuries, more African slaves were sold across the Atlantic than within Africa.