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The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade began around the mid-fifteenth century when Portuguese interests in Africa moved away from the fabled deposits of gold to a much more readily available commodity -- slaves. By the seventeenth century the trade was in full swing, reaching a peak towards the end of the eighteenth century. It was a trade which was especially fruitful, since every stage of the journey could be profitable for merchants -- the infamous triangular trade.
Expanding European empires in the New World lacked one major resource -- a work force. In most cases the indigenous peoples had proved unreliable (most of them were dying from diseases brought over from Europe), and Europeans were unsuited to the climate and suffered under tropical diseases. Africans, on the other hand, were excellent workers: they often had experience of agriculture and keeping cattle, they were used to a tropical climate, resistant to tropical diseases, and they could be "worked very hard" on plantations or in mines.
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What the role of africans in the slave trade?
African rulers played a large part in the supply of slaves for the slaving captains to buy to take over the Atlantic. Without those African rulers supplying slaves, the Transatlantic slave trade would not have been nearly so big. Don't forget that slavery still goes on in many parts of the world, but not the Transatlantic slave trade. i like pie as in cookies n' cream pie.
When the international slave trade ended how did the slave trade continue?
Slave families were split up
How did the transatlantic slave trade affect the slaves and their families?
Families may well have been totally separated for life. Slaves were considered property and not people. The Middle passage was a terrible voyage across the ocean. The slave hold became a foul smelling pit of sweat, urine, feces, vomit, and rotting flesh.
When the international slave trade ended how did the slaves trade continue?
Slave families were split up ~APEX~
Was the Atlantic slave trade the first of any kind of slave trade occurring in Africa If not where did slave trade occur?
How about the Egyptians, Babylonians and others enslaving the Hebrews about 2500 BC? Read Genesis and Exodus in the Old Testament.
Why Europeans join the transatlantic slave trade?
They didn't join, they started the transatlantic slave trade...
Who captured slaves in Africa during the transatlantic slave trade?
European slave traders captured slaves in Africa during the transatlantic slave trade.
The diary entry of a slave in the transatlantic slave trade?
african slave trade was a horrible time
What brought an end to the transatlantic slave trade in Africa?
the slave trade stoped when Abe was president
Where did the transatlantic slave trade happen?
The word "transatlantic" says it: it was the trade across the Atlantic ocean from Africa to the Americas.
Who was the transatlantic slave trade was part of a triangular trade that developed where?
the Americans
What flag did slave ships fly during the transatlantic slave trade?
Slave ships during the transatlantic slave trade typically flew the flag of the country that owned the ship, such as Portugal, Spain, England, or the Netherlands.
What is the involuntary migrations in history was transatlantic?
Slave trade
What is another name for the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
The Triangular Trade and the Middle Passage.
What is the name of the trade between Europe Africa and the Americas?
The transatlantic slave trade.
Did boat owners profit from the transatlantic slave trade?
yes
Why was the transatlantic slave trade so economically important?
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