Negative Effects Of Transatlantic Slave Trade

Trans-Atlantic trade is the trade which took place across the Atlantic, thus the origin of the name; between 16th to 19th Century. It involved the selling of the West Africans to the Western Europe slave traders. The sole reason the trade began was to provide a work force that was required for the expansion of the European empire. The colonies that developed between countries played a sinister role in seeing the onset of the trade, like that of The United States on England (Blaufarb & Clarke 13). There was a preference for Africans because they were considered stronger and immune to various diseases and environmental conditions. They had previous experience in Agricultural farming and cattle rearing. European slaves could not stand the hostile

The onset of the quest to end the slave trade was highlighted in 1829 in the Africa’s West coast (Blaufarb & Clarke 17). This stemmed from the success exhibited in recapturing the mega slave ship that had been the sole reason for the success of the trade. This was the primary vessel used in the conveying the slaves to the holding dens. The seizure of the ship was masterminded by the British Navy in the efforts made to limit the influence inhuman trafficking

The negative impacts of the transatlantic slave trade were widespread, the reason there were many individuals and lobby groups vouching for its abolition. The rationale behind this lies in the challenges that were exhibited in the African regions where the slaves were sourced. There was the observation that the targeted regions were rid of the developments that were thought ought to have resulted in the effective improvement on the quality of life

The high demand for slaves by the Western countries resulted in political instability, retarded economic growth, social fragmentation; families were destroyed when their heads were captured to be sold for slavery. The end result of all these was a state stricken with poverty due lack of a majority of the working population (Blaufarb & Clarke 34). The abduction of Africans for slavery purposes had an impact of depleting the population, thus economic underdevelopment. The trade naturally caused impoverishment of African states, thus a continued dependency of Africa on the European powers for grants and other financial aids. This unequal treatment of Africans, leading to capitalism and enrichment of the European countries, was escalated by the view that Africans were generally an inferior race to the whites. Colonialism also didn’t do any better in changing this premeditated