In the late eighteenth century, the Trans-Atlantic trade was booming, and the number of slaves kept growing to double the initial figures. Most of these slaves sold to America were of African descent who were to work in the plantations in the whole continent. The slave trade in America had many effects and would later shape the population compositions and distribution of the American continent years later.
Around the time, USA was conquered by the European colonialists, and it come with improved agricultural practices, and the consequence was rush to look for laborers to work on the farms. It prompted them to look for workers from outside the continent because diseases and harsh working conditions had killed many natives. At the time, Europe was developing, and its residents needed raw materials to sustain their improving living standards.
There was also the cheap available land in America that resulted in landowners searching for people who would work on the farms. The climate was also very conducive to sustain crop production, therefore, boosting production in the farms and plantations.
During the transatlantic trade, the slaves crossed the ocean through ships where they were assigned places to work. It is this movement that later in the years the slaves remained and stayed in present day USA.
Due to increased death rate more than the birth rate the population of the forced laborers dwindled they continued to import more and more. It thus increased the importation of forced laborers to meet the demands. At the start of the nineteenth century, the population of the US was at least fifteen percent descendants of the black forced laborers.
The slaves in America suffered different health complications such as convulsions, bowed legs, blindness as a result of lack of good nutrition and feeding programs. These people used to work very long hours on the tobacco, sugar and cotton plantations. They could not take care of their young ones, and it resulted in high infant mortality rates among the African slave population compared to among the white people.
The acquisition of slaves from West Africa was mainly by Africans who were the ones who were selling their colleagues who were prisoners or captives to the Europeans. The slaves were sometimes war prisoners from neighboring communities and criminals they were sold so as to remove such people from the society and prevent such atrocities from occurring again. In the long run, the slave trade became a reason for war unlike a consequence of war because many communities were tapping to the growing opportunity. They could be brought to the coastline where the European buyers would buy them. The Europeans feared getting into the African territory because of diseases and hostility from African communities.
Lastly, the slave trade in USA is no longer legal, and the children of the former slaves are now free men. Since then there have been intermarriages between slaves and their masters descendants as they champion for a new free generation.
Around the time, USA was conquered by the European colonialists, and it come with improved agricultural practices, and the consequence was rush to look for laborers to work on the farms. It prompted them to look for workers from outside the continent because diseases and harsh working conditions had killed many natives. At the time, Europe was developing, and its residents needed raw materials to sustain their improving living standards.
There was also the cheap available land in America that resulted in landowners searching for people who would work on the farms. The climate was also very conducive to sustain crop production, therefore, boosting production in the farms and plantations.
During the transatlantic trade, the slaves crossed the ocean through ships where they were assigned places to work. It is this movement that later in the years the slaves remained and stayed in present day USA.
Due to increased death rate more than the birth rate the population of the forced laborers dwindled they continued to import more and more. It thus increased the importation of forced laborers to meet the demands. At the start of the nineteenth century, the population of the US was at least fifteen percent descendants of the black forced laborers.
The slaves in America suffered different health complications such as convulsions, bowed legs, blindness as a result of lack of good nutrition and feeding programs. These people used to work very long hours on the tobacco, sugar and cotton plantations. They could not take care of their young ones, and it resulted in high infant mortality rates among the African slave population compared to among the white people.
The acquisition of slaves from West Africa was mainly by Africans who were the ones who were selling their colleagues who were prisoners or captives to the Europeans. The slaves were sometimes war prisoners from neighboring communities and criminals they were sold so as to remove such people from the society and prevent such atrocities from occurring again. In the long run, the slave trade became a reason for war unlike a consequence of war because many communities were tapping to the growing opportunity. They could be brought to the coastline where the European buyers would buy them. The Europeans feared getting into the African territory because of diseases and hostility from African communities.
Lastly, the slave trade in USA is no longer legal, and the children of the former slaves are now free men. Since then there have been intermarriages between slaves and their masters descendants as they champion for a new free generation.
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