Atlantic Slave Trade Research Paper

The Atlantic Slave Trade In my opinion in the 15th and 16th century the Africans should not be blamed or have fault for their participation in the Atlantic slave trade because they did not have the freedom of choice in that era. In the era of the 15th and 16th century all of the major Europeans and Britain’s had the powers within the trade market and were greatly involved in the enterprise of massive slave trading. The slave trade was a brutal and horrific event that one could never imagine and the enslavement of Africans was cruel, exploitative, and dehumanizing. Together because of these massive slave trades this represented one of the longest and most sustained assaults on the very life, integrity, and dignity of human beings in history. It is understood that the slave trade not only led to the violent transportation overseas of millions of Africans but also to the deaths of millions more. It is also estimated in this time period that the Britain’s along with their British ships were responsible …show more content…
The Europeans ships, the British ships and merchants were so dominant that they carried away millions of African captives not only to the British colonies in North America and the Caribbean but even to the colonies of their main economic rivals, the French and Spanish, as well as to other colonies. The Europeans ships, the British ships obtained slaves from along the West Coast of Africa with the full and active co-operation of African kings and merchants. These African Kings and Merchants were occasional military campaigns organized by the Europeans and the British to capture slaves for the trade of goods and services. It is understood that the majority of kidnapped Africans weren't already slaves in Africa they were free people who were kidnapped to provide the labor for the Europeans and British powers who required the Africans See in the 15th and 16 centuries Africans, on the