The African Slave Trade is the harsh movement from Africa to the New World. This began after the fall of Songhai 1590 CE. There were several reasons why the slave trade began. Death of Native Americans led to more demand for slaves. Production of wood, fur, coffee, tobacco, and sugar became reasons European countries rose power. They needed people to work for them to produce these products, SLAVES. They’re cheap and there were high demands for them. The Slave Trade began because of several reasons. Due to the rise of Portugal, Spain, and America, they had economic demand. Since Portugal and African kings traded, Portugal demands grew higher for more slaves, African kings refused. So, Portugal attacked the African and took all the people including the kings. This lead to The …show more content…
Families were separated and were treated as property. There was little food and shelter, and the slaves had to work 16-18 hours a day. Even with diseases, there was zero medical attention. Most died from the horrific treatment. This new system was very cruel and dreadful. Africans needed to preserve their culture and religion during the Slave Trade. Most revolted and fought back, others blended their culture and religion into Christianity. During these difficult times, some Africans successfully escaped, they were known as the Maroons. They were societies that escaped and live in the wilderness. They also kept their heritage through storytelling and music. This was the African’s response to the slave trade. How did this affect the world today? Racism. This led to racism. Children were taught that Africans are at the bottom of the social pyramid, and the lighter skin, such as the Spanish were at the top. This is still like the social pyramid today. Darker skinned are still looked down upon and the lighter skinned are still considered the “higher class”. There shouldn’t be a difference in social class because of skin
In 1518, the slave trade grow greatly because of the trade with America. This event became a part of the triangle trade and a new world economy. Triangle trade connected Europe, Africa, Asia and America. Europe would export cloth, guns, and utensils to Africa, then Africa would export slaves to America and sold. America then would sell tobacco and sugar to Europe were they would be sold at markets.
These enslaved people were taken to the Americas in a deadly journey known as the Middle Passage. The Americas then traded cash crops and raw goods for these slaves. This trade system became known as the Atlantic Slave Trade System. The Atlantic Slave Trade System during the period of 1550 CE to the 1700s CE caused the displacement Africans from their native lands,
During the 18th century the slave trade prospered. Europeans manipulated Africans from the coast to attack nearby tribes and take captives (slaves). The slaves were exchanged for goods like guns and cloth. They were then shipped across the Atlantic in horrifying conditions. In spite of this the British forbidden the slave trade in 1807.
Exploration to the New World led to greedy rulers wanting more. There were many new resources and opportunities to make money; for example tobacco, sugar, and even minerals. Because of the demand for these crops, the Europeans needed someone to do the work. With the Native American population drastically declining, the Europeans had to find another source of labor so they turned to the African Americans. This began the slave trade where millions of slaves were taken from Africa to other areas as a source of income.
The transcontinental exchange of humans in the early 1500s transformed lives and identities, for slavery led to African-Americans becoming enslaved beings and influenced their new arduous way of life. When the African slaves were brought to America this caused a population change that influenced their identity. Africans were now seen as slaves, which meant that they would work for their master for the rest of their life. As soon as they arrived in America they began working every day in the fields (The Atlantic Slave Trade). They had very little time to themselves since they were always working.
The Americas were full of tons of ways to make money. Originally the Native Americans were forced to work in mines and plantations, but eventually the use of Native Americans was outlawed. Because of this the african slave trade increased. They were treated horribly and without dignity. The absence of humanitarian concerns influenced the african slave trade in three main ways: treatment, punishment, and transportation.
Slavery dehumanized slaves by stripping them of their identities. They were kept ignorant about their age and place of birth. Most often they knew nothing about their parents other than what other slaves told them. The slave system made siblings into complete strangers.
The settlers went and forced Africans to come back to the Carolinas to work on plantations. More and more Africans were forced to work. They had officially become slaves for the settlers. The slaves were then taken there by a boat.
The Atlantic Slave Trade, this part of the history talk about of the demand for agricultural labor in the Atlantic world created a strong market for African slaves and led to a dramatic increase in the seventeenth century.
The African leaders started selling their own, and even help to create the type of slaves that were wanted.
Racism is a present theme in colonialism, and still affects individuals to this day. Due to their skin color, and lack of advanced technology, Africans
Hayley Lunsford March 8, 2016 Question - Why did so many European nations enter the African Slave Trade? Thesis - Many European nations had entered the slave trade because they needed cheap labor for work they didn’t want to do, also they traded slaves for gold, spices, textiles, metalwork, rum, tobacco, weapons and gunpowder. Intro Paragraph
The African slave trade began to spur in European countries starting from 1441, with Portugal being the first. France is considered to have began much later, as the first French slave expedition was in 1594. During the 17th century the French slave trade started to really accelerate. France began colonizing different islands across the Caribbean and began deporting slaves and sending them to plantations across the world. France believed that this was the best way it could succeed, the follow other countries footsteps.
Slavery and forced slave migration played a crucial role in the development of the world’s economy today. Slave trade initiated globalization, which was a key factor in a successful, thriving economy. Expansion of the slave trade caused expansion of the Atlantic economy and gave birth to integrated economic and industrial systems across the ocean. The Slave trade worked most successful by the Trans-Atlantic Slave Route. The Triangular Trade Route consisted of Europe, The Americas, and Africa.