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    century, the slave trade emerged as a prominent enterprise in Brazil causing thousands of Africans to endure racism, violence, and exploitation. The Portuguese stripped the African slave’s identities and cultures away, diminishing their humanity in the process. With this in mind, it was difficult for slaves to maintain their own unique identities as many came from diverse backgrounds in Africa, where they spoke various languages and belonged to separate cultures. To identify slaves, the…

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    transatlantic slave trade. While the Europeans encountered great monetary gains, Africans faced immense agony. The greed for wealth demonstrated by Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, and France invoked an increase in one of the most dangerous careers: piracy. Increasing piracy on the Atlantic Ocean not only generated more anguish for the slaves, but forced the European traders into hardship. John Maxwell, captain of a British ship, was no exception. Maxwell’s involvement in the slave trade…

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    made it possible to trade large amounts of pretty much anything you could think of from one continent to another. This vast trade system opened the possibility to trade slaves, foods ex sugar, manufactured goods, and tobacco. I chose those things to talk about based on common denominator. That being Slave trade. Because of the slave trade I believe these other things were made possible. Now according to the Atlantic system the only thing being shipped away from Africa was Slaves and gold. Now…

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    Essay A: Transatlantic Slave Trade The trade lasted for four centuries, between 15th and 19th centuries, across the Atlantic Ocean. This kind of trade remains to be unique with the concept of slave history because of the duration it took (about four centuries), the victims involved and the development of legitimization. The majority of people who were enslaved and transported from one continent to another during this period were West Africans especially from the western and central parts of…

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    Quiana Icon Mr. Schwab MYP IB World History 05 May 2016 Middle leg vs. Final leg what greater impact on Enslaved Africans During the Transatlantic Slave Trade did the middle passage or the final leg have the most effect on Enslaved Africans? The Transatlantic slave also known as the Triangular trade, trade began around the 15th century, when the African and the Europeans started to cooperate together for profit, spices, and laborers. This came to play when the Portuguese started to explore to…

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    can be said that the trading of black slaves from Africa to European countries and else where symbolizes a tragic and dramatic encounter of economy, culture, humanity, geography and world history. Due to the large number of the black slaves transferred from their homeland to various corners of the world, the slave trade even managed to constitute one of the first forms of globalization. However, the black people were brutally treated during this inhumane trade. On the basis of the assigned…

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    African slave trade has been around for many decades, but the African Slave Trade of 1788, has made a faceplate for slavery. This slave trade was a big part of the Atlantic Triangle. However, it consisted of the Central America, Brazil, Europe, the Caribbean, Portugal, South America, and North American imports. Moreover, all of the imports had something to do with cheap labor, kidnapping, value, and the supply and demand. The means of goods being traded were slaves, sugar cane, cotton, tobacco,…

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    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…

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    The Transatlantic Slave Trade has affected the lives of many people in a way many thought to be beneficial but destroyed the lives of many at the same time. African Americans were being transported to different countries to be sold and to work on plantations for the benefits of salve owners. Many stories and accounts depict the ways slaves were treated. A good depiction of how the abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade was fought against was the case of Amistad and the movie made about it. After…

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    The Triangular Slave Trade is an unforgettable event in the history of slavery for its duration, the exploitation of African American men, women and children; and the creation of an anti-black ideology. This slave trade happened between the continents of Europe, Africa, and the Americas. The Triangular Slave Trade had three stages: the first consisted of slave ships from Britain carrying goods. The second stage dealt with African dealers kidnapping people and forcing them on slave ships in order…

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