The trans-Atlantic slave trade had caused long-lasting devastations in Africa from the 16 to the 19 centuries. During these centuries, slaves were transported to the Americas (new world) from the West African coast. The Atlantic slave trade originated from the expansion of European Empires that lacked one major resource; a workforce. Europeans were unsuited to the climate and suffered from diseases. However, the African labourers were used to the tropical climate and resistant to tropical diseases
in the Atlantic slave. They imported hundreds of thousands of African slaves, and exported lots of necessitated crops such as sugar and coffee. Brazil received more slaves than any other country, region, or colony participating in the slave trade. From the beginning of the slave trade in 1561 to the abolishment of slavery in Brazil, an estimated four millions slaves had been disembarked in the Portuguese colony. Cuba, although not as much as Brazil, also received a large amount of slaves; approximately
European expansion. On both sides of the Atlantic the arrival of Europeans resulted in demographic and biological changes, political upheavals, and the introduction of new trade patterns, religions, and technologies. But the depth and extent of European impact on the two regions was far different Africa was affected by the Europeans, but the Americas were transformed. The European presence in Africa primarily meant trade, trade in which human beings -- slaves -- became the most lucrative commodity
colonial trade ship delivering a product to the colonies. In this passage you will be learning about the history of colonial trading, the triangular trade route, and the poor treatment of slaves. The History of Colonial Trading: Colonial trading began in the 15th century and was a prosperous means of exchanging necessary goods that the Colonials used in everyday life. Colonial trading first began as part of the widespread slave trade when Portuguese and Spanish settlers transported slaves from Africa
autobiographies written by a former slave, and was also one of the most popular of it's kind. Equiano, also known as Gustavus Vassa, wrote this book in opposition of the Atlantic slave trade; one of the largest economic enterprises in the world's history. Olaudah writes about enduring a life of slavery in Africa, Eaurope, America, and the Caribbean. Not only is this book of great insight to the Atlantic slave trade and the treatment of slaves in the trade, but it is also a great tale of Equiano's
played a major role in the Atlantic Slave Trade from the point which they “discovered” Brazil onwards. Portugal’s fleet of 13 ships first reached Brazil on April 22, 1500. The fleet was originally headed for India. Their purpose was to “forcibly convert the natives to their ‘true faith’ under… The ‘true cross’.” Portugal had begun a series of events that would ultimately lead to the death of millions of Africans and the natives of the Americas. Portugal’s involvement with trade in sub-Saharan Africa
it limited their ability to engage in widespread trade, construct cities or engage in other activities that would have promoted economic development. It appears that as many as 24 million young Africans were removed from Africa as a result of the Atlantic trade and possibly another 12 million in the Middle-eastern slave trade. In addition, little of productive value was received by Africa in exchange for the slaves. Another impact was that the trade disrupted African inter-society relations, creating
slavery. The slave trade occurred from the 16th to the 19th centuries, during which Equiano was captured and then sold multiple times. The slave trade was a gruesome and terrible experience for many slaves, but there were also some slaves that were not treated as harshly as others. Equiano’s life on the slave ship was horrific, but while on land in Africa his owners treated him very nicely and you would never know that he was a slave in the slave trade. Slaves in the Atlantic Slave Trade were treated
The Middle Passage, which is the transit from Africa to America, has come to epitomize the experience of people of African decent throughout the Atlantic world. The horrible experiences from being locked in the holds of stinking ships, to the traumatic loss of freedom, the degradation of enslavement, and the long years of bondage that followed. The Middle Age represented the will of black people to survive, the determination not to be dehumanized by dehumanizing circumstances, and the confidence
Most writings about the age of discovery and the New Atlantic world are centered on the Europeans and the different roles which they played in the making of the new world. Most authors, while focusing on the European side of the story tend to victimize Africans and minimize their roles during this period since little information exists to show otherwise. It is almost always shown that Africans were inferior to the Europeans and that it was through European aid that Africa and its people were able