Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Analysis

One of the most influential quotes about history that was ever said was by Edmund Burke who stated “those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” This is such a powerful quote because it explains the significance of knowing the past and how valuable it can be. Those who are unaware of the past will repeat it because they are unaware of what has occurred before and what lessons can be learned from those events. One of my favorite musical artists, J. Cole, once stated in his song “Fire Squad,” “History repeats itself and that 's just how it goes.” With all of these iconic individuals sharing the value of History, it becomes very evident to me how crucial it really it is to understand our past. Greed has been an aspect of our history that repeats itself and exists in our time period …show more content…
Slavery was not uncommon to Europeans because it occurred many times in the past through trade routes. Africans were known to the Europeans as being great workers with experience in farming and were already adapted to the tropical conditions of the Americas. Knowing these characteristics, it made them the perfect fit. They discovered they could use them for labor and they would be able to handle it due to their background (“What Was the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?”). Slaves came from all different cultures ranging unique to each other by the different languages spoken, different deities worshipped, different rules of kinship, different crops they grew and different rulers. They were kidnapped, captured in war, or sold into slavery by different Africans. They were brought to the coast and sold to African traders. From there, the African traders would assemble slaves for resale and send them again to European or colonial slave traders or ship captains. From then on, they would be forced aboard the ships and sold again to colonial slave merchants or southern planters. That is only if they survived the journey to the Americas. The crossing from West