What was the most important reason for the abolition of the slave Trade? By the time that the slave trade had been abolished in Britain and her colonies in 1807 eleven million men‚ women and children had been snatched from their homes. For historians understanding the factors that led to the abolition of the trade remains an important task. Whilst there is clearly a consensus on the main factors that led to this seismic and historic event there is obviously a difference in opinion on the most
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The Slave Ship by Marcus Rediker is a great fiction novel that describes the horrifying experiences of Africans‚ seamen‚ and captains on their journey through the Middle Passage. The Middle Passage marked the water way in the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the Americas. The use of slaves provided a great economy for the European countries due to the fact that these African slaves provided free labor while cultivating sugar cane in the Caribbean and America. Rediker describes the slave migration
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. How was the transatlantic trade organized? Who participated and who profited? The transatlantic trade began as the first global age started; it was a period of global unification and urbanization. The transatlantic trade was organized between the peoples of Europe‚ Africa‚ Asia‚ and North and South America. Different regions called for different empires from each continent. The ottoman Turks in Europe and Western Asia‚ the Ming dynasty in China‚ the Aztecs and Inca in the Americas‚ Mali and Songhai
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Slavery: The Economic Backbone of the Atlantic Before the 1500s “the European economic system was based on a principle known as mercantilism [and] the primary commodity was still agricultural produce but Europe was generally in poor condition.” Due to the Bubonic Plague‚ The Black Death‚ many European citizens lost their lives. “The fall in population forced up wages in the towns.” With most of their workforce gone‚ and an increase in wages being demanded is what paved the way for another‚ cheaper
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West Africans developed their knowledge of tropical climate over many years and were able to make the leached soil of the Niger Delta profitable for themselves. The agricultural revolution in West Africa lead towards the Atlantic Slave Trade. The agricultural skills and knowledge of West Africans attracted Europeans. West Africans’ tropical agricultural skills greatly interested outsiders because the Europeans wanted to profit from this knowledge. On the map it is shown that West Africa consists
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The Atlantic Slave Trade had a both positive and negative impact on those involved in it to an extent. Britain’s economy benefited greatly from the slave trade as many industries flourished. This was an immense opportunity for those who were unemployed as it provided thousands of jobs. People were employed in industries like the building and repair of slave ships‚ selling the goods produced by slaves such as sugar and cotton‚ and banking. This resulted in the slave trade becoming the financial base
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Slave Acculturation The seasoning process‚ as applied to the treatment of plantation slaves‚ was designed to ensure not only that the slaves would become totally dependent upon the dictates of their owners but also to destroy the cultural links which the slaves had with their former homelands. In the West African kingdoms which provided one of the major source of slaves at the height of the triangle trade‚ slavery was part of the indigenous culture; however‚ the motivation
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Bristol and Liverpool: The demise and rise of rival ports in the eighteenth century slave trade. In the early eighteenth century‚ Bristol’s dominant position as a slave trading port remained virtually unchallenged. Yet‚ by the end of the century‚ Liverpool firmly established its status as Britain’s leading slave trading port‚ surpassing Bristol completely. Despite some similarities between the rival ports‚ a number of factors‚ decisions and circumstances serve to explain Liverpool’s magnificent
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is that of salutary neglect; the idea that the enforcement of trade laws was purposefully lenient to allow for the development of the aforementioned trade networks‚ and to assist the flow of vital cash and materials. However‚ limited enforcement was not total autonomy‚ as there were constant interventions by the British government‚ currency controls‚ naval impressment and the confiscation of goods were regular features of Atlantic trade. Colonial and personal appeals to parliament for redress and
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Analyze the role of slavery and Triangular trade in the Colonial mercantile structure and for the primitive accumulation of Capital that allowed the take off of Capitalism? The slave trade originated in a shortage of labor in the New World. The first slaves used were Native American people‚ but they were not numerous enough and were being decimated by European cruelty and diseases. It was also impossible to convince enough Europeans to migrate to the colonies‚ despite attempts to distribute free
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