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Afric The Causes And Effects Of Slave Trade In Africa

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Africa, also known as the motherland, is a phenomenal and unique place in the world like no other. The saying “motherland” refers to Africa as the founder of human civilization. As the origin of human existence, many problems occurred during the pre colonialist time period in which Africans were being traded for rare staples such as salt and gold. By eliminating the existence of Africans from their own country, a place of complete havoc was created. In effect, relationship fragmentation was created, trade with specific countries were destroyed and depopulation in Africa was at its all time nadir point.
The essence of the slave trade impacted relationships in Africa very immensely. Due to trading with various countries the idea of maintaining a “family unit” disintegrated in shambles. Once Africans were traded it would be very rare for them to get sold to the same people. My ideology behind the reason in which multiple family members were not sold to one owner is very simple-- rebelia. If Africans of the same group were sold to one person they would be more likely to work as team and rebel against having to be dictated by their owner. In contrast, if Africans from different groups were sold to one person they are not as likely to work as a unit due to issues involving trust among their fellow enslaved groups. Thus being enslaved, many Africans lost sight of their family traditions, culture and customs due to the slave trade. Africans were required to adapt an entirely new

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