Trans Atlantic Slave Trade

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The history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in Africa is a complex one . While it may be true that the trans-Atlantic

slave trade , in its most basic sense , is a system composed of the slave-owner and the slave the processes that went with it are theless comprised of various relationships . The slave system in itself and the trans-Atlantic slave trade are rich with difficulties on the part of both the slaves and the slave-traders and owners which make the system one that is always on the verge of tipping over . The system of pawnship , the hostilities and tensions in the slave societies , the resistance on-board the slave ships and the ever-increasing desire of the slave-traders to acquire profit hold the key to understanding a significant portion of the question as to why the trans-Atlantic slave trade was a very delicate system

Lovejoy and Richardson argue that the institution of pawnship [sic] became one of the influential forces in the development of the trans-Atlantic slave trade (Lovejoy and Richardson ,

. 67 . In pawnship individuals are used as collateral for credit . Since slaves were treated...