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Motives for the Interaction: [Europeans capturing slaves] -Africans were less vulnerable to European diseases -the Africans were less likely to escape because they were foreign to the lands Conditions for the Travelers: -slaves were packed tightly , usually hundreds, below the decks of the ships (the ships were only about the size of a sailboat) -packed this tightly, the slaves for more susceptible to diseases -the slave ships became ''floating coffins,'' because up to half the Africans on board died of diseases or brutal mistreatment How the interaction affect politics, religions, societies, and economies: [in Africa] -depopulation -increased warfare -undermines African society & the political structure -African states and societies were torn apart -African's lives were either cut short or forever brutalized [in the Americas] -brought wealth to merchants & traders -provided labor that helped profitable colonial economies grow
The Trans-Atlantic slave trade was only one leg of the triangular trade. The Triangular Trade was trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Europe would produce manufactured goods, and send them to Africa. These goods would be traded for slaves in Africa and sent to the Americas. In the Americas the slaves would produce raw goods and these raw goods would be traded in Europe. And the process would start all over.
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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
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