The Impact Of The Atlantic System

The atlantic system was a trade in the 1600s between Africa, Europe, and the Americas. It was an extraordinary trade of peoples, plants, animals, and diseases. It had an impact around the world and still does to this day. It is considered a drastic turning point in human history and earth’s ecology. There are good and bad sides of the creation of the atlantic system. Some were intentionally brought to different places and some were accidental. The most profound impact of the atlantic system was the transportation of diseases and people.

Deadly diseases were a big part of the atlantic system and they were accidently encountered. Disease was the biggest effect on the people. According to “Western Civilizations volume 2” (2015), “As much as
The population decrease in the Americas, indirectly caused a labor shortage. It eventually contributed to the beginning of African slavery in the Americas. Africans that were enslaved got imported to the Americas as the labor force needed to produce crops. According to B. (n.d) “An estimated 9.4–12 million Africans arrived in the New World between the 16th and 19th centuries in the Atlantic slave trade”. There were groups wiped out from unaccustomed illnesses, forced resettlement, and violence. The mortality rate of enslaved passengers dying on the way to the Americas from abuse, suicide, disease, and lack of food and water are mind blowing. Slaves were being treated like livestock and were being transported in terrible conditions.The conditions and numbers varied based on the region. There was severe over crowding, possibility of starving, widespread disease, and violence. The slave trade brought new diseases like yellow fever and malaria. . The impact of the slave trade on Africa was devastating. They were forced to lose many of their population which caused economic