Atlantic Slave Trade

Atlantic Slave Trade When most people talk about or think about slavery, they look at how it effected the US. The Atlantic Slave Trade had a huge effect on the US but there are no words or expressions that can describe the effects it had on Africa and its family’s. It is estimated that between 1450 and 1900, there were 11,698,000 slaves exported from Africa. (Atlantic Slave trade, pg.170) To understand the effects this had on Africa …

…or was. Amistad.mysticseaport.com (timeline) Bosman, William, “Slave trading at Whydah on the Bight of Benin, ca 1700” Lovejoy, Paul E, “The volume of the Atlantic Slave Trade: A consensus,” Journal of African History 22 1982 Bibliography (Atlantic Slave trade, pg.170) (Atlantic Slave Trade, pg.181) Amistad.mysticseaport.com (timeline) Bosman, William, “Slave trading at Whydah on the Bight of Benin, ca 1700” Lovejoy, Paul E, “The volume of the Atlantic Slave Trade: A consensus,” Journal of African History 22 1982