The negative impact of the international slave trade on Africa was immense. It can be seen on the personal, family, communal, and continental levels. In addition to the millions of able-bodied individuals captured and transported, the death toll and the economic and environmental destruction resulting from wars and slave raids were startlingly high. In the famines that followed military actions, the old and very young were often killed or left to starve.
A lot of people died and they wore masks during the black death
There were not enough paid workers arriving from Europe quick enough to meet the demand, so they turned towards slave labor. A
A..... I learned about this last semester :)
Trade and tea and castles