A diaspora involves the dispersal of a group of people throughout the world. In history, there have been various causes of a diaspora: war, civil strife, famine, hostile political conditions, and external drives, such as the hope for better opportunities elsewhere. Drawn out of the need for labor, the Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Saharan slave trades were key players in the African Diaspora. Trans-Atlantic slave trade brought Western Africans across the Western hemisphere, while the Trans-Saharan slave trade moved Africans across the Sahara Desert to sub-Saharan locations within Africa. As a result, Africans were dispersed among locations where there was a need to grow settlements and maintain profitable agricultural practices. Shortly thereafter,
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Another notable difference was that Europeans were at the forefront of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, but Muslims, Arabs, and diverse African groups controlled the Trans-Saharan trade (Trotter). While the Trans-Atlantic slave trade dealt with transporting African slaves across the Atlantic Ocean, the Trans-Saharan slave trade remained within northern Africa and the Mediterranean. Although religion was not a reason for acquiring slave labor, it is important to note that African slaves brought to North America were subject to Christian ideologies, while African slaves forced into the Trans-Saharan trade system were pressed to convert to Islam. Within the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, enslaved Africans had to be transported to their final destination across the Atlantic, which was a long and treacherous …show more content…
Constitution stipulated that the Trans-Atlantic slave trade could not be abolished from 1786 to 1807. However, colonies, especially those dependent upon slaves for agricultural productions, did not abide and continued the illegal importation of slaves. After the abolition of the slave trade in 1808, roughly 54,000 Africans entered the colonies illegally (Trotter 159). Slaves continued to enter the Union via the underground international slave trade, and by the 1850s there was a large push to legalize the international slave trade once again. Although these proposals were defeated, African slaves continued to be traded through underground networks until the Civil War. Agricultural products were profitable, so the colonies continued to acquire African slave labor. Thus, even though the international slave trade was abolished in 1808, the trade of slaves was simply carried out illegally. African slaves were still very much involved in the institution of slavery and continued to be traded via other
Another notable difference was that Europeans were at the forefront of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, but Muslims, Arabs, and diverse African groups controlled the Trans-Saharan trade (Trotter). While the Trans-Atlantic slave trade dealt with transporting African slaves across the Atlantic Ocean, the Trans-Saharan slave trade remained within northern Africa and the Mediterranean. Although religion was not a reason for acquiring slave labor, it is important to note that African slaves brought to North America were subject to Christian ideologies, while African slaves forced into the Trans-Saharan trade system were pressed to convert to Islam. Within the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, enslaved Africans had to be transported to their final destination across the Atlantic, which was a long and treacherous …show more content…
Constitution stipulated that the Trans-Atlantic slave trade could not be abolished from 1786 to 1807. However, colonies, especially those dependent upon slaves for agricultural productions, did not abide and continued the illegal importation of slaves. After the abolition of the slave trade in 1808, roughly 54,000 Africans entered the colonies illegally (Trotter 159). Slaves continued to enter the Union via the underground international slave trade, and by the 1850s there was a large push to legalize the international slave trade once again. Although these proposals were defeated, African slaves continued to be traded through underground networks until the Civil War. Agricultural products were profitable, so the colonies continued to acquire African slave labor. Thus, even though the international slave trade was abolished in 1808, the trade of slaves was simply carried out illegally. African slaves were still very much involved in the institution of slavery and continued to be traded via other