World Civilization III

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Transatlantic Slave Trade

The era of slavery remains one of the darkest periods in dark Africa and the World as concerns humanity and ethics . It 's the statement of historians that over 200 million slaves from Africa were traded during this era . The development of slave trade in Europe is attributed to the Portuguese , Who in the early 1440 ,had began trading slaves with the west African tribes and merchants , later the British and French expanded their territories and joined in the then lucrative

business . However by 16th and 17th century , Britain had become a major force in the trade

According to historians , a number of factors may have contributed to the development of this trade . firstly their was increased demand for slave secondly the European countries believed slave trade would encourage economic prosperity in their country , also slaves were needed to work in the expanded sugar and cotton plantations in Europe and America . Thus the need for free labor for the sugar and cotton plantation , prompted the Europeans to seek free labor since they could not enslave their own kindred , they focused Africa . Some scholars however claim that European used religion to justify , their barbarian action by claiming , Africans are descendants of Ham and thus were condemned to slavery

Transatlantic trade is a trade that occurred across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe , America and Africa . It 's also known as the triangular trade . One of the major reason s that has made this trade lucrative...