How Did Slavery Changed The Face Of The New World

From 1525 till 1866, about 12.5 million slaves were shipped to the New World, only 10.7 million survived. During the Transatlantic Trading, many major continents were involved. Money, cargo, sugar, and dominantly slaves were traded. This global phenomenon changed the face of the western world forever. More specifically the introduction of slaves changed the face of America as it was just beginning to develop, economically and socially. Thanks to the huge influx of slaves toward the beginning of our new country, we are as dominant as we are now. The transatlantic trading of slaves paved the way for modern capitalism. However, this is not an excuse for the extreme misuse of humans. The slaves through their voyage suffered disease along with starvation. Once in the Americas, slaves were sold and transferred to a plantation where there they had to work and harvest products like tobacco and cotton. They were forced to work had to live with many inhumane living conditions. …show more content…
Despite what most people think, 80% of slaves were sold to Brazil and the Caribbean and only 10% went to America. However, the number of slaves sold to America changed our face forever economically along with socially. It all began with the Portuguese wanting to bypass Muslims in North Africa who monopolized their gold and spices. Eventually, the Portuguese figured out that they could make money by transporting slaves and giving them to Muslim merchants on the Atlantic coast. Europeans began to have sugar plantations on North Western African islands, this is a foreshadowing of the introduction of slaves in the