Question

List 10 things you learned about slavery and the Atlantic slave trade

Answer 1

TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE VOYAGES. Over the period of the Atlantic Slave Trade, from approximately 1526 to 1867, some 12.5 million slaves had been shipped from Africa, and 10.7 million had arrived in the Americas. ...

US SLAVERY COMPARED TO SLAVERY IN THE AMERICAS. ...

CHILDREN. ...

HEALTH AND MORTALITY. ...

DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE. ...

PROFITABILITY.

Answer 2

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Hi,

The things you learnt are; First slave voyage from Africa to America is believed to have sailed in 1526,Spanish monarchy feared direct slave transport from Africa would introduce non-Christian practices to native American population, the slave trade utilized the triangular trade routes across Atlantic, number of people taken from Africa as slaves is unknown due to poor record keeping, and Christians begin mobilization to end slave in North America and Western Europe in 1700s

Explanation

The Atlantic slave trade was involving the transport of slaves mainly Africans to America. The slave trade used the triangular trade route and the middle passes to conduct the journeys. Slaves were brutality treated and were overcrowded. Slaves faced unsanitary conditions in the ships where they were chained together facing poor ventilation for oxygen and high temperatures throughout the journey.