People enslaving other people has been around as long as humans have been around, for thousands of years. Slave trading did not START in the 1440s.
my qeustion is what is a slave ship
Trent Sandiefer
Portuguese during the 1400's
The slave-trade cycle that was initiated by ship owners was known as The Atlantic Slave Trade. The Atlantic Slave Trade lasted from the 16th century to the 19th century.
No, the Dutch did not the Portuguese and Spanish were the first to start slave trade in the Americas, but soon after the dutch followed. Also slavery is the worlds oldest trade, historians are not exactly sure when it started in the prehistoric world because no paintings, pictures, and written evidence have been found.
They didn't join, they started the transatlantic slave trade...
my qeustion is what is a slave ship
The slave trade started before recorded history and is still happening today
Captain John Hawkins started the British slave trade in 1562. It came to America in 1619. The British got out of the slave trade in 1807.
The Portugueses.
Trent Sandiefer
I think it was Massa Henson who started it :D xx
What parts of Europe still had slavery when Christopher Columbus started the slave trade to the Americas?
Slave trade was caused by the fact of black slaves were very cheap to purchase and they can produce a lot of money. They made a lot of profit, that's why the slave trade started.
atlantic slave trade
ANSWER:Atlantic slave trade actually began as early as the late 1400's as many of the other countries freely traded slaves. The United States was one of the last countries to become involved in slave trade.
The African slave trade started in the 1500's because of the need for laborers in Spain's American Empire.