Brief Summary: The Atlantic Slave Trade

The Atlantic Slave Trade began with the establishment of plantations and the need of laborers to work them. The need for slaves fueled the economic needs of the colonies and their willingness to exploit lesser humans to satisfy those needs. The slaves were acquired in Africa due to the abundance of inhabitants that could be used for slave labor. The slaves faced horrible conditions and were treated inhumanely as a result of their exploitation.
The racist views of the time said that non-European, non-white tribal people were essecially lesser humans and can be enslaved for European purposes. Africans supplied slaves for the buyers, making themselves wealthy. They would forcibly remove the population and sell them to slave buyers, causing physical