If by which state, you mean which of the United States played the main role, then the answer is none. No individual state had the power to end a buisness that exsisted in both other countries and other states.
The transatlantic slave trade was officially abolished by various countries in the 19th century. The British Empire abolished slavery in 1833, and the United States passed the 13th Amendment in 1865, formally ending legal slavery. International pressure and abolitionist movements also played a significant role in ending the slave trade.
They didn't join, they started the transatlantic slave trade...
David Eltis has written: 'Economic growth and the ending of the transatlantic slave trade' -- subject(s): Antislavery movements, History, Slave trade, Slave-trade
Kidnapping of African slaves by European slave traders began when the transatlantic slave trade started in the 15th century. This practice was widespread during the era of colonization in the Americas until the abolition of the slave trade in the 19th century.
The Transatlantic Slave Trade! It began in the 15th Century. Many slaves were shipped from Africa to Europe in order to be used as laborers.
african slave trade was a horrible time
Slave trade
The word "transatlantic" says it: it was the trade across the Atlantic ocean from Africa to the Americas.
The decision to abolish the transatlantic slave trade was made by various countries in the 19th century, starting with the UK in 1807 and followed by other nations. The trade was ultimately deemed inhumane and unethical.
an average transatlantic journey of the early 16th century lasted several months, by the 19th century the crossing often required fewer than six weeks.
Slavery has existed for thousands of years, but the transatlantic slave trade involving the forced migration of Africans to the Americas began in the early 16th century and intensified in the 17th century.
the slave trade stoped when Abe was president