Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade”

The transatlantic slave trade did negatively impact the lives of 11 million of African individuals. Millions of these individuals were captured and transported to the “new world”, between the mid-1500s and late 1800s.The death toll, economic and environmental destruction due to wars and slave protests were immensely high. The old and very young were often left to starve or killed. Dehumanisation due to the slave trade was lead by ill usage and mistreatment leaving many African individuals feeling neglected in the Americas and stripped of their identity. Health and well-being have also been a major complication for enslaved Africans, as excessive labour and unsanitary living conditions resulted sickness and disease. Religion in the slave community was visible as it was also invisible and had developed overtime. Slaves were forbidden to be educated and the slave holders were strongly opposed of this, they thought if education was allowed then it would threaten their hierarchy and the slaves would start an rebellion.

Everyone has their own understanding of what slavery is, but there are misconceptions about the history of “slavery”. Not many people understand how the slave trade initially began. Originally Africa had “slaves” but they were servants or serfs, sometimes these people could be part of the master’s family. They could own land, rise to positions of power, and even purchase their freedom. This changed when white captains came to Africa and offered weapons, rum, and manufactured goods for people. African kings and merchants gave away the criminals, debtors, and prisoner from rival tribes. The demand for cheap labor was increasing, this resulted in the forced migration of over ten million slaves. The Atlantic Slave Trade occurred from 1500 to 1880 CE. This large-scale event changed the economy and histories of many places. The Atlantic Slave Trade held a great amount of significance in the development of America. Africans shaped America by building a solid foundation for the country.

Screams for relief, cries for comfort, and moans for death all revolved around the slave trade. The slave trade is an event that not only impacted Africa, but the whole world even still today. This essay will explain how cultures were ruined and families were torn apart. The slave trade has influenced history worldwide because it has impacted continents economically, socially, and politically.

Imagine going about your everyday life when all of a sudden, you are taken away from your family, friends, and the life you know and you are placed aboard a ship going to a foreign place. On top of all that, you will have to work hard for free and be treated with almost no respect. It’s crazy right? Well not for the millions of Africans during the 15th to 19th century. The Atlantic Slave Trade was a part of the triangular trade which involved trading between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. The triangular trade was a trade system between the three continents which involved exchange of goods and slaves. The Europeans traded manufactured goods while the Africans traded slaves and the Americans traded for agricultural products. In all of this, the question arises that who is to blame? The blame can’t be placed on only one group of people because each group has played a big role in the slave trade. By looking at what was the role of each continent in the slave trade, we can see how much they are to blame.

The Transatlantic Slave Trade often known as the triangular trade was described as the largest long-distance movement of people in all of history. The movement of Africa slaves to the Americas lastly for approximately four centuries and can be viewed as one of the first ideas of globalization . The ship would move from the Americas to Western Europe with raw materials, then to Africa with manufactured goods. Lastly, from Africa the Americas with African slaves. Thus the movement of over 12.5 million slaves from Africa and 10.7 million slaves arriving in the Americas. The slave trade changed to the demographics of the world forever. Many historians ask why did the European countries choose African for their source of slave labor

The effects of the development of the Atlantic Slave Trade had impacted the participating civilizations in 1450-1750. Many slaves were treated brutally. Some countries prospered as others died, and a new source of cheap labor has been found. The demand for cheap labor in 1450 to 1750 has caused economic, social, and political effects on civilizations from Europe, America, and Africa participating in the Atlantic Slave Trade by causing the downfall of African tribes and race, hardships of surviving slave life and leading European countries to become rich.

The Atlantic Slave Trade was the most devastating forced migration in history. Tens of millions of Africans were taken from their homes. They were moved by boat to South America, The Caribbean, and North America. There was a huge loss of life on the way over for many reasons including sickness and starvation. A considerable amount of the African population was forced into slavery. The Africans were forced into this because they were immune to a lot of illnesses that killed the natives. The also didn’t know the land, basically they were better to be worked as slaves than the natives.

The Atlantic slave trade was just one part of a three legged international trade network. This was known as the triangular trade, because of the shape of the route from each of the three points to stop and trade being shaped just like a triangle. It linked Europe, Africa, and the Americas. It was a very important piece of society in the 15th century. There were benefits to this trade, but mostly to the businesses and merchants. However, the impact it had on the African people lasted for centuries after slavery had ended through racism and discrimination.

Screams for relief, cries for comfort, and moans for death all revolved around the slave trade. The slave trade is an event that not only impacted Africa, but the whole world. This essay will explain how cultures were ruined and families were torn apart. The slave trade has influenced history worldwide because it has impacted countries economically, socially, and politically.

Furthermore, through the use of Manila Galleons, heavily armed ships were able to transport luxury good to Mexico using the Pacific Ocean between Manila in the Philippians. In addition, since some Europeans were working on plantations in the new world, they needed slaves to work on their plantation ns and through that idea, the uses of slaves began to be in effect which is called the trans-Atlantic slave trade. In addition, when the Spanish conquerors where coming in numbers from Spain and due to their numbers, most men carried different diseases on their ship to the new land which infected the other man on the land of the new world. This epidemic disease lead to the death of many people which I impacted the other people from Africa and Asia.

The Atlantic Slave trade impacted everyone; whether they were on the good end of the stick or bad. Everyone knows that the slaves were treated very poorly, it is a required subject in every high school. Although, it was not only men who were impacted, women were involved just as much as the men, whether it was good or bad. Just like every other person in Africa at this time, women were highly impacted. A few examples of how the women were affected are: increased labor in Africa, helped them accumulate wealth, and housing women into the royal palace.

The African slave trade was devastating but many do not know how terrible it was. Twenty eight million people were taken from their homes and families, and more people killed (3). An estimated total loss from the slave trade is thirty million to two hundred million people (4). The worst effect would be the problems it caused for Africa’s children.

The transatlantic slave trade was responsible for the forced migration of between 12 - 15 million people from Africa to the Western Hemisphere from the middle of the 15th century to the end of the 19th century. The trafficking of Africans by the major European countries during this period is sometimes referred to by African scholars as the Maafa ('great disaster' in Swahili). It's now considered a crime against humanity.

The slave trade was, and still is, the most brutal and inhumane exploitation of any human race and considered one of the greatest crimes against humanity. It is estimated that nearly 12 to 15 million human beings were transported from Africa to North and South America, Europe and the Caribbean. According the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database 20% of the slaves perished. Many people believe that the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade initiated globalization. The twentieth century had ushered in new ways in doing business internationally with multinational trade deals, general agreements on tariffs and trade in place for somewhat fair and ethical trading. Over time globalization has impacted our world economics, blended cultures, and has improved on the way that the world communicates through modern day technology.

The Atlantic slave trade existed from the 16th to the early 19th century and stimulated trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Over 12 million Africans were captured and sold into chattel slavery off the coast of West Africa, and more than 2 million of them died crossing the Atlantic. These outcomes of the slave trade are rarely disputed among historians; the effect of the Atlantic slave trade in Africa, however, is often a topic of debate. Some academics, such as Walter Rodney, insist that Africans were forced to take part in the slave trade, resulting in demographic disruption and underdevelopment in all sectors of Africa. Historian John Thornton acknowledges the negative consequences of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, yet contends that it was merely an expansion of the existing internal slave trade which African rulers engaged in willingly. A final case made by Hugh Thomas completely contradicts Rodney’s thesis, asserting that the slave trade was not solely responsible for decreasing Africa’s population, and furthermore, that it was primarily beneficial to Africa’s economy and politics. The true outcome of the slave trade in Africa lies not entirely in any one of these arguments, but rests rather in a combination of all three. Although the Atlantic slave trade was detrimental to the economic and social development of Africa, the trade benefited a small portion of Africans, who willingly aligned themselves with