African slave trade

enslaved to forced labor, but also to their masters’ sexual demands. The priests’ orders must even be complied by all parties involved to ultimately avoid the wrath of the gods and attain their affirmation. Despite multiple efforts by many West African nations, along with other international aids, Trokosi continues to be a heavily practiced phenomenon in this area that rarely implicates and enforces any legislation aimed to combat it. Trokosi ultimately benefits the priests in power by…

So what of the Dutch impact in the Transatlantic slave trade? After all, they are only fifth in all-time slave trafficking and the other countries dwarf their numbers by well over 500,000. Nevertheless, a consensus among historians agree that the Dutch economy would not be what it is was without the impact of the slave trade. “The early modern Dutch economy probably had the largest per capita income in the early modern Europe and was able to harness labor resources and expertise from a…

Treatment of Slaves during the Middle Passage (Excerpts),” is an article of excerpts from a first-person account book, An Account of The African Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa (1788) by Alexander Falconbridge, thus making it a reliable source for the described time period of transatlantic slave trade. There is no better individual to recount on this information, besides a slave themselves. Falconbridge was a surgeon on the traveling slave ships and spent a lot of time with the slaves in…

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,…

The slave trade removed millions of Africans from their culture, land, and society and forcibly embarked them for transport. In The Life of Olaudah Equiano, Equiano provides his readers with a description of the conditions Africans were exposed to during their transportation across the Atlantic. The “ship’s cargo were confined together” so closely that slaves hardly had space to turn and had to perform their bodily functions while chained (60). The “closeness of place,” the “heat of the climate…

This article tells the story of a slave, named Equiano, and the extreme cruelties he witnessed, when he was aboard a ship, during the slave trade. During this time many Africans were taken from their native country (either directly captured by slave traders, or sold by their own people), and shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to the new world. The slaves were taken to produce cheap labor in the new world, but many of them died on the journey. This article explains in detail the type of treatment…

completely new product back and forth across the continents. They were also able to change patterns of commerce by creating an explosion of global commodity trade, particularly in stimulants, such as sugar and coffee, and in African slaves. In these ways did the Europeans change connections of commerce, however since the Europeans had nothing of value to trade in China, they had to assimilate into their trading network through tribute, by giving…

Middle Passage is the 2nd leg of the triangle trade (a trade route from England to the New World) that carried enslaved Africans and many goods across the Atlantic Ocean. The Middle Passage could be considered one of the worst things that could happen to a slave during their lifetime. The conditions were terrible, and resulted in many deaths. The triangle trade started in the late 16th century, and continued to run until the late 19th century. African slaves were kidnapped from their homes and…

new territory and would later need the Natives and Africans to fulfill their needs. The Spanish colonization from 1492 to 1700 was motivated by economics and religion that had a significant impact on the lives of Native Americans and Africans. The Spanish colonization from 1492 to 1700 was motivated by economics, which had a significant impact on the lives of Native Americans and Africans. The Spanish were in desire need to find new trade routes for riches such as gold and silver. An…

The Book of Negros is an invigorating Canadian miniseries that has portrayed the perilous journey of an African woman, starting with her abduction in modern day Mali, then moving on to her enslavement in North America, and winding-up with her return to Africa as a freed woman. The show concludes with her going to London to promote the Abolition Movement with her personal account of the misfortunes of slavery. This woman, Aminata Diallo, is the protagonist of The Book, directed by Damon…