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History of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

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Overview

The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

What you'll learn:
  • Slavery in Africa before the establishment of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
  • The origin of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
  • Growth of the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade
  • Growth of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
  • Africans role on the operations of the Trade
  • Sources of Slave as commodities
  • Europeans Role on the operations of the Trade
  • Activities on the Abolition of the trade
  • Effects of the Trade

The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was a trade that on Slaves of African origin. The trade was made possible by the collaboration of European merchant and African dealers. This trade activity lasted for close to three centuries. Millions of Africans were captured, sold and taken to other parts of the World. The route through which the Ships carrying these slaves followed was through the Atlantic Ocean. That is from where the name Trans-Atlantic Slave trade came from.

The issue of the possible origin of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade has generated a lot debates. The major debaters to this are the Eurocentrics and the Afrocentrics. Their points though were guided by emotional attachment and blame game. This was because of the evil deeds that were witnessed in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, and the other earlier forms of slave trades that made some Africans to be seen as commodities.

The truth remains that the blame games cannot change the hands of the clock, and that objectivity on the study will help for knowledge sharing and facts.

There were high collaborations of some African individuals, groups, political entities and communities in the successful running of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. The lucrative nature of the trade encouraged African participation. It will be noted that Europeans as at that period had no capacity to enter that hinterland of Africa to capture slaves.

Taught by

Fortunatus Onuh

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