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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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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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