Category: Slave Trade

In 1807, the British government passed an Act of Parliament abolishing the slave trade throughout the British Empire. Slavery itself would persist in the British colonies until its final abolition in 1838. However, abolitionists would continue campaigning against the international trade of slaves after this date. The slave trade refers to the transatlantic trading patterns…

At one point in history, most of the United States was known as a place where the bondage of African slaves was a very common thing. Gradually, all states where slavery prevailed let go of such a heinous act by allowing those whose ancestors were taken from their motherlands and forced into bondage were free,…

The importance of tropical crops With rising population and urban movement, associated with factory production system, there was increased need in agricultural production. ‘Although British agricultural output was rising, still, there was need for imports. “While population more than tripled in the course of the Industrial Revolution, domestic agricultural output did not even double” (Clark,…

The Transatlantic Slave trade, occurring between the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, in Africa produced centuries of exploitation of Africa’s human resources and raw materials in exchange for the growth and prosperity of the West. This exploitative trade system established destructive impacts and has radically impaired the potential and ability for Africa to prosper economically…

The massive transfer of life between Afro-Eurasian and American hemispheres is known as the “Columbian Exchange”. This exchange was precipitated by Christopher Columbus and the Italian voyage to the “New World”. The exchange is depicted as a major turning point that had profound and lasting effects on the trajectory and development of human populations, specifically…

Assignment Critically assess the evidence used to argue that the slave trade is responsible for much of Africa’s current underdevelopment. Consider how data and cliometrics have influenced the academic debate on the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade? Do you think it is a useful intervention? Why or why not? Introduction Over the past sixty…