West African slave traders
18th century
one assumption is that Europeans needed their labor to grow their economy and empire in North America
The slave narrative is a literary form which grew out of the experience of enslaved Africans in Britain and the New World. Some six thousand former slaves from North America and the Caribbean gave an account of their lives during the 18th and 19th centuries, with about 150 published as separate books or pamphlets. There are also slave narratives written by white Americans or Europeans captured and enslaved in North Africa, usually by Barbary pirates.
Slave traders profited from the Middle Passage. The Middle Passage is one of the most horrific moments in World History and it lined the pockets of the slave traders who captured human beings and sold them like objects.
africans who had sold other africans to slave traders
West African slave traders
African slave traders
West African slave traders
West African slave traders
West African slave traders
Most were captured by rival tribes and sold to slave traders in West Africa, who transported many slaves to the Caribbean and the colonies in the American South.
West African slave traders
Their own tribes and tribes they were at war with.
Most were captured by rival tribes and sold to slave traders in West Africa, who transported many slaves to the Caribbean and the colonies in the American South.
Most were captured by rival tribes and sold to slave traders in West Africa, who transported many slaves to the Caribbean and the colonies in the American South.
Most were captured by rival tribes and sold to slave traders in West Africa, who transported many slaves to the Caribbean and the colonies in the American South.
The Atlantic slave trade did not benefit Africans. It led to the forced removal of millions of Africans from their homes, families, and communities, resulting in immense suffering, loss of life, and disruption of societies. The slave trade primarily benefited European and American slave traders, plantation owners, and industries that were built on the exploitation of enslaved Africans.