Atlantic slave trade

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The Atlantic slave trade was a transoceanic system from the 16th to 19th centuries in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas and sold into chattel slavery, profoundly shaping the economic and social history of the Atlantic world.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of the Atlantic slave trade (The Atlantic slave trade was a transoceanic system from the 16th to 19th centuries in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas and sold into chattel slavery, profoundly shaping the economic and social history of the Atlantic world.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
transatlantic trade system ⓘ
abolitionMovement American abolitionism ⓘ
British abolitionism ⓘ
Haitian Revolution ⓘ
characterizedBy Middle Passage ⓘ
brutal ship conditions ⓘ
chattel slavery ⓘ
commodification of human beings ⓘ
forced migration ⓘ
high mortality rates ⓘ
racialized slavery ⓘ
economicRole integral to Atlantic economy ⓘ
linked Europe, Africa, and the Americas ⓘ
supplied labor for cash crops ⓘ
endTime 19th century ⓘ
estimatedVictims millions of Africans ⓘ
over ten million transported across the Atlantic ⓘ
hasCause European colonial expansion ⓘ
European demand for labor in the Americas ⓘ
development of cotton plantations ⓘ
development of sugar plantations ⓘ
development of tobacco plantations ⓘ
hasEffect African diaspora ⓘ
cultural exchange across the Atlantic world ⓘ
demographic decline in some African regions ⓘ
development of plantation economies ⓘ
entrenchment of racism ⓘ
formation of Afro-descendant communities in the Americas ⓘ
racial slavery in the Americas ⓘ
underdevelopment of parts of Africa ⓘ
involves African intermediaries ⓘ
European slave traders ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
plantation owners ⓘ
slave ships ⓘ
legalAbolition British Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 ⓘ
various 19th-century international treaties ⓘ
mainRegion Americas ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
British North America ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Central Africa ⓘ
Dutch Caribbean ⓘ
French Caribbean ⓘ
Portuguese America ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese Empire

Spanish America ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
majorParticipant Britain ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom

Denmark-Norway ⓘ
linked to: Denmark–Norway

France ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United States ⓘ
partOf triangular trade ⓘ
startTime 16th century ⓘ
studiedIn African American history ⓘ
African history ⓘ
Atlantic history ⓘ
diaspora studies ⓘ
economic history ⓘ
transportedFrom Bight of Benin ⓘ
linked to: Gulf of Guinea

Bight of Biafra ⓘ
linked to: Gulf of Guinea

Gold Coast ⓘ
Kongo-Angola region ⓘ
linked to: Angola

West African coast ⓘ
transportedTo Brazilian plantations ⓘ
Caribbean plantations ⓘ
North American colonies ⓘ
Spanish American mines ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caribbean → hasHistoricalEvent → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
British Empire → involvedIn → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Columbian Exchange → associatedWith → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Dutch Brazil → economyBasedOn → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Dutch Brazil → involvedIn → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Sranan Tongo → developedInContextOf → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Eleanor → partOf → British Atlantic trade network ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic slave trade
Colonial America → linkedBy → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Dutch settlers → participatedIn → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Heeren XIX → fieldOfWork → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Afro-Caribbean people → hasHistoricalOrigin → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Afro-Caribbean religions → developedInContextOf → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Charleston → wasMajorCenterOf → Atlantic slave trade in North America ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic slave trade
Windward Islands → historicallyInvolvedIn → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Spanish colonization of the Americas → mainSubject → African slavery in Spanish America ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic slave trade
Cape Verdean Creole → developedDuring → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Middle Passage → partOf → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Middle Passage → partOf → transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic slave trade
Danish colonial empire → economy → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Gold Coast → knownFor → Atlantic triangular trade ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic slave trade
American culture → historicalRoot → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Portuguese Crown → engagedIn → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Caribbean islands → historicalEvent → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Dutch Gold Coast → economyBasedOn → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Dutch Gold Coast → involvedIn → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
African diaspora → emergedInPeriod → Atlantic slave trade era ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic slave trade
Afro-Latin Americans → historicalOrigin → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Afro-Brazilians → historicalProcess → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Afro-Arubans → historicalOrigin → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Afro-Bonairians → historicalOrigin → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Bight of Benin → associatedWith → Atlantic triangular trade ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic slave trade
Afro-Cubans → historicalEvent → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Palo Monte → emergedDuring → transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic slave trade
Bight of Biafra → knownFor → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Afro-Belizeans → historicalOrigin → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Afro-Surinamese → heritage → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Afro-Barbadians → historicalOrigin → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Afro-Vincentians → historyEvent → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Afro-Montserratians → historicalOrigin → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Afro-Martiniquais → historicalProcess → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
African-American culture → hasHistoricalRoot → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Afro-Curacaoans → historicalOrigin → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Kingdom of Dahomey → knownFor → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Dutch Caribbean → historicalActivity → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ