Title: How African Slaves Were Obtained During The Transatlantic Slave Trade - HubPages
Headings: How African Slaves Were Obtained During The Transatlantic Slave Trade
How African Slaves Were Obtained During The Transatlantic Slave Trade
What is the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
The slave trade routes
How slaves were obtained during the transatlantic slave trade
How the slaves were kept before being shipped to the Americas
Slavery in the Americas was more brutal than slavery in Africa
Conclusion
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Content: The slave traders traveled from Europe to West Africa, where they bought the slaves and captured some and then took them to the West Indies and America and some to Europe thereby forming the triangle. The slave trade routes
From Europe to West Africa
From West Africa to America and the West Indies (South America)
From America to Europe
When the slaves from West Africa arrived in the Americas, they mainly worked in coffee, tobacco, cotton, and sugar plantations. Others were also forced to work in rice fields and in gold and silver mines. The women slaves mainly worked as domestic servants for their White masters. Many of the women slaves were raped very often by their masters. Since slaves were considered property and not human beings, they were sadly sold at markets along with other goods. It is worth noting that prior to the Europeans coming to Africa for the first time and starting the transatlantic slave trade, Africans themselves had their own form of slavery. Many historians believe that it was the already existing African slave trade and Africans preparedness to sell their own brothers and sisters as slaves that motivated the Europeans to start engaging in the slave trade business. In addition to the information above on the transatlantic slave trade, it is important to note that it wasn’t the whole of Europe that was engaged in slave trade. The slave trade was first started by the Portuguese before other countries in Europe such as Britain, Spain, France, etc followed.