The Long-Term Consequences Of The Slave Trade

There were many factors that led to the establishment of the slave trade and the slave trade had long-term consequences we can still see today. An estimated 10 million -11.3 million slaves were shipped during the Atlantic slave trade and most didn’t even make it over to the New World because of the horrible conditions. One of the major driving factors of the slave trade was the rising demand of different products that required labor to get/make. The European power had high consumer demands and the slave trade was a horrid solution to achieve these demands. The biggest driving force of the slave trade was the rising demand for sugar, indigo, chocolate, coffee, tobacco, cotton, etc. Local Natives were the first labor force but many died from diseases brought from the Europeans and Indians were not willing to work and there just weren’t enough of them. The next thing they tried was to bring convicts from Europe but there just wasn't enough of those either. What’s their solution? Their solution was to bring Africans. Why Africans? Well, they were simply just available. Slaves were sold, traded, and shipped away. Families were broken up, people were sold like animals, they had very little fresh water and food, the slave ships were in horrible conditions and many people died on the way over to their destination. There were flyers made of
The slavery that began in the British colonies was tied directly to the Caribbean. Food crops were being grown to feed colonies in the Caribbean, these slaves needed to be feed and most of the food was coming from the southern and middle parts of the now U.S. The Caribbean at the time was the worst place you could end up. The conditions in North American were better for slaves but still not good. They did have a natural increase (had children and children could survive), more diverse labor needs, a better sex ration, a healthy climate, and fewer large