The Atlantic

The Atlantic Slave Trade was the largest migration in history. Millions of families were forced to be separated to work against their will. This will change a lot of America’s history for the next four hundred years. The journey of this trade is deeper than just getting slaves and bringing the captives to the New World it’s about the harsh realities of that happen on the ship starvation, cruel and unhealthy living conditions. Why were humans getting treated so badly? What made the Europeans get…

One question you might have wondered about is “what is the Atlantic slave trade?” Some information that I found in, ‘The Cruelest Commerce” is,“the total of Africans who came to the Americans as slaves, experts today believe that between 10-12 million made the voyage to the “New World” countless others died on the Africans coast waiting to be loaded onto ships they died crossing the Atlantic Ocean.” Regarding this, the slaves (African men/woman/children) were taken from their home and loved ones…

Spain, one of the most intriguing and most powerful societies during the Atlantic age in the late 1400s to the 1500s had many strengths in order to become significant at the time. Spain had three strengths which caused the country to become an unstoppable force, leading to colonization and military expansion. This is a very important matter because Spain had an influence on the way societies should function because of their dominance and how successful they became, leading other civilizations to…

The trans-Atlantic traffic was the most important long-distance coerced movement of individuals in history and, before the mid-nineteenth century, fashioned the main demographic well-spring for the re-peopling of the Americas following the collapse of the person population. Cumulatively, as late as 1820, nearly four Africans had crossed the Atlantic for each European, and, given the variations within the sex ratios between European and African migrant streams, regarding four out of each 5…

of the Atlantic World is an outstanding book. Thornton's talked stated a lot of great facts, but he also managed to get into great details on what he was trying to persuade the readers about his story. Thornton starts each chapter talking about issue dealing with slavery and how it was brought to America. He talks about things such as the debate that people have about slavery, and etc. He also talks about his own personal opinions as well. Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic is…

of slavery is a subject of immense scholarly and popular inquisitive on both side of the Atlantic, causing an astonishing abundant worth of print and media surveillance. The gradual progressions of the Slave system flourish across the Atlantic were made feasible by the administered transportation. The institution of the Royal African Company of London played a dominant impact in establishing the trans-Atlantic Slave trade. To understand the phenomenal surrounding slaves we most not only learn…

The triangular trade was a system of travel and transportation in which crops, manufactures, and mostly slaves, were traded between Africa, Europe, and the New World. Otherwise known as the trans-Atlantic slave trade, it began around 16th century when Portuguese interests in Africa moved away from the abundance of gold to a much more useful and available commodity; slaves. By the 17th century, the trade was in full swing, peaking towards the end of the 18th century at incredible numbers. The…

The Atlantic Slave Trade was a complex system that delivered numerous horrifying experiences to millions of West Africans over a span of four hundred years. Although this trade was essentially a routine, for every similar component of the trade each group of Africans had their own unique experience. An example of a typical component with varying experiences is the middle passage and conditions upon slave ships during this journey. The middle passage is the voyage from West Africa to the new…

Many African Americans had to go through many difficulties during the Atlantic Slave Trade. Getting captured and taken away, being sold to European merchants, and then having to deal with the voyage ahead of them across the Middle Passage were some of the many difficulties that Africans had to go through. Even though African slaves were mistreated at the time, thanks to the African Americans and their contributions, for example contributions in agriculture, the formation of the New World later…

Between 1500 to 1880 CE around 10-12 million African slaves were moved to the Americas. 15% died during the journey. Although the Atlantic Slave Trade (via the Mediterranean) began in the late 1400's with Portuguese colonies in West Africa and Spanish settlement with the Americas short after. 48% of slaves went to the Caribbean, 41% to Brazil, and 5% to USA. Slavery began to override other criminal offences. Africans were captured by fellow Africans then sold to Europeans in trade for supplies…