Because they thought the men would be more useful when it came to physical labor than women.
slave traders went to africa because they wanted to get more slaves to sell or trade
Large communities of Africans developed in the countries where slaves were sold.
West Africans, brought to the USA in the slave-trade
European slave traders captured slaves in Africa during the transatlantic slave trade.
Before the African Slave Trade across the Atlantic Ocean, the Arabs in Africa had slaves and the Black kingdoms in Africa also had slaves. Even though there were slaves, Africans did not face the danger of being kidnapped so there were many roads turned to forest and many farm fields now also forest land.
In West African cultures, slaves were allowed to own slaves of their own, while those in the Atlantic slave trade were not.
In West African cultures, slaves were allowed to own slaves of their own, while those in the Atlantic slave trade were not.
In West African cultures slaves were treated like people, while in the Atlantic slave trade they were treated like property.
In West African cultures, slaves were allowed to own slaves of their own, while those in the Atlantic slave trade were not.
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.
slave traders went to africa because they wanted to get more slaves to sell or trade
Slave trade was when people would buy slaves and have them work on their lands.
West African slave traders
African slave trade was for greed of gold and trade objects. The American slave trade was based on economically standards and labor. In Africa the slaves were originally held because they owed a debt, was a prisoner of war or committed a crime. The Americans took slaves for any reason. The Africans would assimilate their slaves, where once in America slaves were stripped of everything; clothes, language, religion and identity. For fear/belief that Africans would revolt.
millions of the African slaves died and it effected the African population and weakened many societies
Little to none. ------------------------------------------------------- The Africans that sold the slaves (in Africa) to the slave traders did very well by the slave trade and the coastal Kingdoms grew rich and powerful.
In West African cultures slaves were treated like people, while in the Atlantic slave trade they were treated like property.