On top of internal affairs, the Europeans intervened with the governments of African states to ensure that they did not rise against them and hinder their slave trade. They provided weapons, such as firearms, among the goods that they traded with the Africans, which further increased the political instability of the continent. Slavers took advantage of the troubled political situation in Africa and benefitted greatly from kidnapping, ransoming, theft, and many other misconducts. This took advantage of the lack of judicial court in Africa and violated the enslaved of all their human rights. As humans were being traded, the trade was high risk as there was no certainty that they would be sold as they could die, escape, or commit suicide which
