Research Paper On African American Slave Trade

The Atlantic Slave Trade era with Africa began 50 years before Columbus’ voyage to America. The Africans traveled to different colonies that were control by European countries, Spain and Portugal; this lasted from 1500’s to the 1900’s; the first European country that led the slave trade was Portugal.

The Portuguese were the first to search for trade routes to find gold on the Gold Coast of Africa, however, in 1441, the Portuguese ended up with a cargo of gold dust and ten African slaves.1 African slaves become very valuable because they harvest sugarcane, tobacco, cotton, and other crops; because of how valuable they became, Portugal gained permission to build trading post and storehouses for trades and goods.2 Due to the Portuguese first trade, this led the European to enslave and capture millions of Africans and forced them to

During this period, the slaves were auction off their cargo in destination of America. In return of the auction, was that they had to acquire good like molasses, cotton, sugar, and tobacco.7 Throughout these stages of the Triangular Trade, the selling of products for exchange of slaves, raised the prices in European markets.

Although the slave trade took many Africans to different parts of the New World, it was the Southern colonies that became rigorous. Most slaves were prevalent in the Chesapeake and Southern colonies. However, in these part of the colonies, Africans were able to retain some aspects of their culture, however, their owners made heavy restrictions on their slaves. Even with the restrictions, there was not any freedom for the slaves. In the end, The Atlantic Slave Trade became one of the major formative event of the New World. Now slavery have been abolished, however, slavery will always be a ghost in America’s past. It has affected everyone that was part of the Atlantic Slave Trade; slaves and the colonists in charge of