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.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Atlantic slave trade canonical	104
Atlantic triangular trade	4
Transatlantic slave trade	4
transatlantic slave trade	3
Atlantic slave trade era	2
Atlantic slave trade network	2
African slavery in Spanish America	1
Atlantic slave trade in Brazil	1
Atlantic slave trade in North America	1
Atlantic trade network	1
Atlantic world slave economy	1
British Atlantic trade network	1
West African slave trade	1
trans-Atlantic 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 empires ⓘ surface form: 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	Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ surface form: 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 American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ surface form: British North America Caribbean ⓘ Central Africa ⓘ Dutch Caribbean ⓘ French Caribbean ⓘ Portuguese Empire ⓘ surface form: Portuguese America Spanish America ⓘ West Africa ⓘ
majorParticipant	United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Britain Denmark–Norway ⓘ surface form: Denmark-Norway France ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	triangular trade ⓘ
startTime	16th century ⓘ
studiedIn	African American history ⓘ African history ⓘ Atlantic history ⓘ diaspora studies ⓘ economic history ⓘ
transportedFrom	Gulf of Guinea ⓘ surface form: Bight of Benin Gulf of Guinea ⓘ surface form: Bight of Biafra Gold Coast ⓘ Angola ⓘ surface form: Kongo-Angola region West African coast ⓘ
transportedTo	Brazilian plantations ⓘ Caribbean plantations ⓘ British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ surface form: North American colonies Spanish American mines ⓘ

Referenced by (127)

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 ⓘ

American South (colonial and early national periods) → economicRelationship → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

Sranan Tongo → developedInContextOf → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

Eleanor → partOf → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Atlantic trade network

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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic slave trade in North America

Windward Islands → historicallyInvolvedIn → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

Spanish colonization of the Americas → mainSubject → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: African slavery in Spanish America

Cape Verdean Creole → developedDuring → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

Middle Passage → partOf → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: transatlantic slave trade

Danish colonial empire → economy → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 → topic → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

Gold Coast → knownFor → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic triangular trade

American culture → historicalRoot → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

Portuguese Crown → engagedIn → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

Caribbean islands → historicalEvent → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

Zeeland chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company → industry → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

Dutch Gold Coast → economyBasedOn → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

Dutch Gold Coast → involvedIn → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

African diaspora → emergedInPeriod → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic slave trade era

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 slave trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic triangular trade

Afro-Cubans → historicalEvent → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

Palo Monte → emergedDuring → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

this entity surface form: transatlantic slave trade

Bight of Biafra → knownFor → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

Afro-Belizeans → historicalOrigin → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

Afro-Surinamese → heritage → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

Afro-Antiguans and Barbudans → historicalFormation → 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 ⓘ

Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade → opposedTo → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

Afro-Latin American literature → developedInContextOf → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

Kingdom of Dahomey → knownFor → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ

Dutch Caribbean → historicalActivity → Atlantic slave trade ⓘ