The triangular slave trade was the biggest deportation in history and a determining factor in the world economy of the eighteenth century. Millions of African people were torn from their homes‚ deported to the American continent and sold as slaves. This issue began when European interests in Africa moved away from hard affordable good – gold‚ too much more profitable commodity-slaves. This trade took two centuries‚ from 16th century‚ when this trade was in full swing‚ till 18th century. Every stages
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many reasons why the abolition of the slave trade took place and many people have their own opinion on it including historians who may have the same opinion but‚ have their different thoughts. In some way of the other everyone had at least had one view on why the abolition should take place and why it shouldn’t on the other hand‚ some people just wanted to benefit and make more profit and therefore‚ chose to go against the idea of abolishing the slave trade and slavery itself. There are many views the
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. How was the transatlantic trade organized? Who participated and who profited? The transatlantic trade began as the first global age started; it was a period of global unification and urbanization. The transatlantic trade was organized between the peoples of Europe‚ Africa‚ Asia‚ and North and South America. Different regions called for different empires from each continent. The ottoman Turks in Europe and Western Asia‚ the Ming dynasty in China‚ the Aztecs and Inca in the Americas‚ Mali and Songhai
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wealthy overtime they gained their wealth and power through trade. During the 5th century gold became an item that many people wanted‚ thats when the gold trade started. Many people would travel in search of gold in Ghana causing a wide spread of supply and demand of gold coinage. Also the reason why gold was so available in Ghana was because of a king named Ashanti. The amount of gold the Ashanti king of Ghana had allowed them to trade for years. They had so much gold in Ghana that dog collars and
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Trade and the Columbian Exchange greatly affected the world between 1450 CE and 1750 CE. The Columbian Exchange helped to link the Americas‚ Africa‚ and Europe‚ while huge international trade networks aided in shaping the world. In these trade networks‚ the spice‚ silver‚ slave‚ and sugar trades were especially important in affecting the world. The silver trade became a huge part of the world economy‚ and allowed Europe greater participation in East Asian commerce. Silver was central to world trade
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the Indian Ocean region endured both change and continuity. One continuity is simply trade‚ for this 1‚100 years the Indian Ocean was an important trading zone. One change in Indian Ocean trade over those years was which country dominated trade there. Over those years the Indian Ocean was controlled by the Indians‚ the Arabs‚ the Chinese‚ and last but not least the Europeans. There was continuity and change in trade in the Indian Ocean over the aforementioned years. In the Indian Ocean from 650
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were slaves who were purchased through the international slave trade. White colonists viewed Africans as uncivilized and ‘turned to the international slave trade to fill their labor needs.’ The white English settlers knew nothing of any other culture; people were thought to be white or Christian‚ anything else was ‘uncivilized’. Slavery served for two purposes; a labor system and racial control in a white country. The slave trade was important in building the colonial empires of European nations
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slave trade played a key role in the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain. If not for the slave trade‚ the Industrial revolution might have been delayed or never taken place. During the 18th century‚ Britain experienced huge industrial development. Due to this development‚ Britain became one of the wealthiest countries in the world. In this time period Britain was involved with the slave trade more than any other European country. Many people in Britain became wealthy from the slave trade. Some
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A Timeline of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its Abolition 16th Century 1562 1564-65 1567 1607 1618 1619 1623 1625 1626 1649 1655 1655 1656 1657 1660s 1672 1675 1668 1683 1685-86 1690 1692 1698 1699 1702-13 1727 Sir John Hawkins‚ backed by Gonson and other London merchants‚ leaves Plymouth with three ships‚ making him the first English slave trader. He takes 300 Africans and trades them with the Spanish and Portuguese for sugar‚ hides‚ spices and pearls Backed by Queen Elizabeth I‚ Hawkins
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Triangular Trade Transatlantic slave trade also known as triangular trade was responsible for the trafficking of Africans to the Americas. Triangular Trade is so named because of the three segments or legs of travel form a triangle. The first segment was from Europe to Africa where commodities were exchanged for African slaves‚ the second segment‚ dubbed the middle passage was the transport of African slaves to the Americas and the third segment was the transportation of merchandise from the Americas
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