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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
When did themiddle passage end?
The Middle Passage, the transatlantic journey of enslaved Africans to the Americas, is generally considered to have ended in the 19th century. The British abolished the transatlantic slave trade in 1807, and the United States followed suit in 1808. However, illegal slave trading continued for several decades, and the practice of slavery itself persisted until the mid-19th century, with the abolition of slavery in various countries occurring gradually thereafter.
Who is Thomas Clarkson?
Thomas Clarkson was an English abolitionist and a key figure in the movement to end the transatlantic slave trade in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Born in 1760, he dedicated his life to advocating for the rights of enslaved people and played a crucial role in gathering evidence and public support against the slave trade. His efforts, including the collection of testimonies from former slaves and the organization of campaigns, contributed significantly to the passage of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in 1807. Clarkson is remembered as a pioneering humanitarian and a champion of social justice.
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.
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.
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.
Who was the transatlantic slave trade was part of a triangular trade that developed where?
the Americans
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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