Atlantic Slave Trade

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Took control of the slave trade.

Subtopic

North American colonies had bought 400,000 African Americans in all.

Economy

Also traded goods for slaves.

Slave trade brought in good money.

Triangular Trade

Europeans transported manufactured goods to the west coast of Africa. There, traders exchanged goods for captured Africans.

Translantic trading network.

Africans

Their skin color made it easier to catch them if they escaped and tried to live among others.

Africans were less likely to escape because they didn't know the new land well enough to just walk around.

Many African Americans had already had experience in farming and could be taught plantation work.

Many Africans had already been exposed to most European diseases and had built up some immunity.

In most African and Muslim societies, slaves had some legal rights and an oppurtunity for social mobility.

Were much stronger than Native Americans.

They were in high demand in Europe.