Title: Roles played by leaders of African societies in continuing the trade - Implications of the slave trade for African societies - Higher History Revision - BBC Bitesize
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Roles played by leaders of African societies in continuing the trade
Kings and warlords
Middlemen, traders and merchants
Labourers and subsistence farmers
Implications of the Atlantic Slave Trade for Africa

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The Atlantic slave trade had a negative impact on African societies and the long-term impoverishment of West Africa. For some it intensified effects already present among its rulers and kingdoms. Part of
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Roles played by leaders of African societies in continuing the trade
The Asante (Ashanti people) Empire dominated the area known as the Gold Coast (Ghana). They traded in gold as well as slaves. They fought many wars to defend and expand their empire. The impact of the Atlantic slave trade was felt across all levels of African societies. But its effects were different for different groups: Kings, elites and warlords
Middlemen, traders and merchants
Labourers and subsistence farmers
Kings and warlords
African slave sellers grew wealthy by selling captives to European traders on the coast. They were able to deal on equal terms with European traders. On the African side, the slave trade was generally the business of rulers or wealthy and powerful merchants, concerned with their own selfish or narrow interests.