How Did The Transatlantic Slave Trade Affect America

What were the main social effects of the Atlantic slave trade and how is it affecting America now?

The Main social effects of the slave led to segregation, racism, and stereotyping, It is affecting
America because black people have less education, they are treated differently and get less pay.
Topic Sentence: In the late 1400s the Transatlantic slave trade was started by the Portuguese but it really didn’t expand until the late 1500s when Sir Francis Drake started to journey with John Hawkins his mentor and cousin which really started the Transatlantic slave trade which was one of the most brutally destructive trading routes in the history of the world,They were treated like property and packed into small areas inside the ship, this was one
“Slaves codes, however, had certain provisions in common. In all of them the colour line was firmly drawn, and any amount of African heritage established the race of a person as black, with little regard as to whether the person was slave or free. The status of the offspring followed that of the mother, so that the child of a free father and a slave mother was a slave. Slaves had few legal rights: in court their testimony was inadmissible in any litigation involving whites; they could make no contract, nor could they own property; even if attacked, they could not strike a white person. There were numerous restrictions to enforce social control: slaves could not be away from their owner’s premises without permission; they could not assemble unless a white person was present; they could not own firearms; they could not be taught to read or write, nor could they transmit or possess “inflammatory” literature; they were not permitted to
This can lead back to the Thesis because this shows Racism which we still have in America today and the stereotypical Black