trans atlantic slave trade and the middle passage

RUNNING HEAD : TRANS ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE AND THE MIDDLE PASSAGE

Trans-Atlantic slave trade and the middle passage

Course : Cultural Diversity 201

Student Name : Adisha Walcott

Introduction

The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade stated in the 16th century , went up to the 19th century was carried out across the Atlantic Ocean transporting slaves from Africa to America (North and South ) and some of them were taken to some European countries like Portugal , France and others so as to complete the triangular trade . The middle passage was known to be the route used

by slave traders to transport slaves to both the Caribbean plantations and the American plantations . The route was from Africa to America (north and south , to Europe and then back to Africa (Richardson , 2004 . This short essay outlines the impact of this slave trade

Impacts of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade

Slave trade brought about positive and negative implications to both the whites and the Africans . The negative implications were mainly on the sides of the Africans and it is the whites who benefited a lot from this trade . This had the following implications below

Depopulation of West Africa

The Trans Atlantic trade seriously decreased the population in West Africa since it was the main source of slaves . There were many powerful empires that used to ambush small societies and then sell the ambushed people as salves to the whites . They used to exchange the slaves for small products such as cloth , mirrors , guns plus their gun powder , some food...