The size of the Atlantic slave trade dramatically transformed African societies. The slave trade brought about a negative impact on African societies and led to the long-term impoverishment of West Africa. This intensified effects that were already present amongst its rulers, kinships, kingdoms and in society.
The cost of owning a slave such as food and shelter were pretty constant. And so if Plantations specialized in a certain crop, they let themselves open to sudden drop in income and consequently big losses. But my purchasing a range of economic activities, they had a steadier revenue flow to match there fixed costed
It was the battle of Gettysburg that was the most famous battle of the war and the battle after which the South started to decline. It caused the largest number of casualties of the entire war.
