U.S. History

U .S . History : Economic Implications of African Slavery and the Slave Trade in the US

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Introduction - One of the most significant minority groups in the United States is the African American group . In the past years , many Americans with African American origins became popular and influential US citizens , but the good standing that some of the popular African American experiences today was paid for dearly by a practice that the modern world now condemns . The African Americans managed to establish their race in the

continent because of the presence of slavery , which according to Klein (1999 ) is a condition that climaxed to a staggering 75 ,000 slaves which were arriving in the ports of America each year (Klein , 1999 ,

. xviii ' The rich American and the British colonials used Africans as labourers and slaves in the plantation and in the overall maintenance and upkeep of their large estates , the household chores inside these mansions delegated to African labourers and slaves

Three of the probable economic factors that contributed to the growth of slavery of Africans in , around and from the United States include (1 the improved income for plantation owners because of the availability of cheaper labor cost (2 ) the role of slaves as not just mere labourers but also as source of income for other traders who engage in human trafficking and smuggling during the height of the African slave trade in the country , and (3 ) the poor economic situation in Africa that made landlords , tribe leaders , warlords and other African merchants to use its human resources as prime export products in exchange for western currency and other goods

Inside the different communities in the United States at the onset of the wave of the use of African slaves as an important and accepted practice , the businessmen and entrepreneurs who managed large plantations ranging from corn , tobacco , grains , cotton and other sources of raw materials for trade locally or sent abroad as exported products were the once who hauled in the most number of the African slaves contributing immensely to the growth of the practice of African slaves largely because of the fact that the use of African slaves for menial and farm work costs the landlords cheaper compared to hiring fellow white Americans or other Asian workers to plant , harvest and maintain the lands . The entry of the option that lowered operations cost for landlords with estates and farms enabled these landlords to have a better income since the capital spent for preparing and processing the organic products cost them much lower . Not all of the traders relied on organic products which they pulled from the earth . Some more enterprising traders saw the income to be made in bringing in African slaves and selling them to landlords who can use another hand in working the farm . This is not a new concept since human trafficking is already an age-old practice , but with the creation of the need , those who had the capability to supply...