The Atlantic Slave Trade
Distinct Features of the Atlantic Slave Trade
Slave usage was driven by economic encouragement and
not the custom in the former colonization. Slavery was not so connected to growth in the economy in any other country. The Slaves were being used in Arabian, Asia, and Africa either as a noticeable consumption or to fill other historically designated roles for slaves, such as porterage, military service, and clean-up services. Nonetheless, a cost-benefit study was carried out in the European colonies to move from non-slave to slave work.
Even so, Europeans were largely exceptional in
abolishing the slave trade and slavery. Such systems were not abolished anywhere else, so they remain in parts of Africa and Asia. The abolition was not economic, but moral reasons, contrary to the
introduction of slavery into the European colonial world. Nevertheless, as they had made way for these systems themselves, the Europeans were special in seeking to end the slave trade of the Asians, and Africans.
Rise of the Trade in the 16th Century
Slave ownership was prevalent and slave trading had been around for decades. Slave markets, traders, and several decades of expertise transferred slaves from one place to the other were well structured. By the start of the Atlantic slave trade, there were already substantial numbers of slavery in established markets in Africa and the Near East. That is why Europeans, after lan
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in Africa had to sell only as many slaves as they wanted to than the
ir African and Arab purchasers. Partly since this European buyers sought male slaves, while still in Africa and the Islamic world the slaveholders searched for females, who could be used for a broader variety of business than were common in Europe. Furthermore, women slaves may produce babies for their holders.
Transformation of African Societies
African cultures have been influenced by trade-in slavery and West Africa has been long-lastingly robbed. This exacerbated the consequences of his kings, kindergartens, kingdoms, and culture. The widespread production of weapons was Western Africa’s last huge technical breakthrough. Despots and Chiefs were keen to exchange arms with Europeans. When slave demand grew, the
influence of the established kingdoms was destabilized in some areas. Current parent and consent-based
governance structures have been dismantled. Racing for slaves has become a lifestyle for the militarized oligarchy in new kingdoms like Dahomey. The regular attacks by slaves made it difficult to differentiate between insiders and outsiders, as ethnic boundaries had been broken up.