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Content: Europeans first bought enslaved people from African merchants at slave markets in return for gold, guns, or other European goods. Local slave traders first obtained their supplies of enslaved persons from nearby coastal regions. As demand grew, they had to move farther inland to find their victims. Local rulers became concerned about the impact of the slave trade on their societies. Local rulers who traded in enslaved people viewed the slave trade as a source of income. Many sent raiders into defenseless villages. Effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade
The slave trade was a tragedy for the victims and their families. The slave trade depopulated some areas and deprived many African communities of their youngest and strongest men and women. The desire of slave traders to provide a constant supply of enslaved persons increased warfare in Africa. Slavery occurred until the late 1860s.