How did slavery impact West Africa?

Answer 1

The Atlantic Slave Trade had many effects. the captives of Africa were traded for weaponry and other goods. The Africans Lost a common language and a religion, while also creating more religions. The Americas also wanted people who had farming experience, were immune to some disease because the natives were dying of their disease and no knowledge of the Americas, so they looked to Africa. The Americas also made a lot of money and food off the slaves, so they could trade with Europe.

Answer 2

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,princes and other scions of West African nations wer educated in Senegal. Many of these blooded princes and their retainers were kidnapped and sold into slavery,and even some chieftans and tribal kings who went in search of their missing children found the same fate. The countries where these families came from lost some of the wisest and bravest families that could have been hugely instrumental in reforming these nations.

Answer 3

Some African states became dependent on the slave trade and European goods

Answer 4

Some African states became dependent on the slave trade and European goods.

Answer 5

Some colonists became alarmed by the cruelty of the slave trade.

Answer 6

• The large numbers of people who left the continent meant that there was no population growth.

Answer 7

The Atlantic slave trade did not only lead to the violent transportation overseas of millions of Africans but it also led to the deaths of many millions more.

Answer 8

Decreased population