Atlantic slave trade

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historical event slave trade transatlantic trade system

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.

Aliases (8)

Atlantic slave trade era ×2
Atlantic triangular trade ×2
transatlantic slave trade ×2
African slavery in Spanish America ×1
Atlantic slave trade in North America ×1
Atlantic slave trade network ×1
British Atlantic trade network ×1
Transatlantic slave trade ×1

Statements (74)

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 → Spanish America → West Africa →
majorParticipant	Britain → 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 → Bight of Biafra → Gold Coast → Kongo-Angola region → West African coast →
transportedTo	Brazilian plantations → Caribbean plantations → North American colonies → Spanish American mines →

Referenced by (58)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Afro-Arubans → Afro-Barbadians → Afro-Belizeans → Afro-Bonairians → Afro-Curacaoans → Afro-Latin Americans → Afro-Montserratians →	historicalOrigin
Afro-Caribbean religions → Afro-Latin American literature → Equatoguinean Pidgin English → Sranan Tongo →	developedInContextOf
British Empire → Dutch Angola ("Atlantic slave trade network") → Dutch Brazil → Dutch Gold Coast →	involvedIn
Bight of Biafra → Gold Coast ("Atlantic triangular trade") → Kingdom of Dahomey →	knownFor
Eleanor ("British Atlantic trade network") → Middle Passage → Middle Passage ("transatlantic slave trade") →	partOf
Bight of Benin ("Atlantic triangular trade") → Columbian Exchange →	associatedWith
Dutch Brazil → Dutch Gold Coast →	economyBasedOn
Afro-Cubans → Caribbean islands →	historicalEvent
Afro-Brazilians → Afro-Martiniquais →	historicalProcess
Cape Verdean Creole →	developedDuring
American South (colonial and early national periods) →	economicRelationship
Danish colonial empire →	economy
Palo Monte ("transatlantic slave trade") →	emergedDuring
African diaspora ("Atlantic slave trade era") →	emergedInPeriod
Portuguese Crown →	engagedIn
Heeren XIX →	fieldOfWork
Angolar →	hasHistoricalContext
Caribbean →	hasHistoricalEvent
Afro-Caribbean people →	hasHistoricalOrigin
America →	hasHistoricalProcess
African-American culture →	hasHistoricalRoot
Afro-Surinamese →	heritage
Dutch Caribbean →	historicalActivity
Afro-Antiguans and Barbudans →	historicalFormation
Annobonese people →	historicalInfluence
Windward Islands →	historicallyInvolvedIn
Ndowe people ("Atlantic slave trade era") →	historicalPeriod
American culture →	historicalRoot
Afro-Vincentians →	historyEvent
Zeeland chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company →	industry
Colonial America →	linkedBy
Spanish colonization of the Americas ("African slavery in Spanish America") →	mainSubject
Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade →	opposedTo
Dutch settlers →	participatedIn
Dutch Angola →	primaryEconomicActivity
African-American history ("Transatlantic slave trade") →	relatedToEvent
United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 →	topic
Charleston ("Atlantic slave trade in North America") →	wasMajorCenterOf