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 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

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African-American history relatedToEvent Atlantic slave trade
this entity surface form: Transatlantic slave trade
America hasHistoricalProcess Atlantic slave trade
Ndowe people historicalPeriod Atlantic slave trade
this entity surface form: Atlantic slave trade era
Annobonese people historicalInfluence Atlantic slave trade
Dutch Angola primaryEconomicActivity Atlantic slave trade
Dutch Angola involvedIn Atlantic slave trade
this entity surface form: Atlantic slave trade network
Angolar hasHistoricalContext Atlantic slave trade
Royal African Company flag usedInConflict Atlantic slave trade
Asiento granted to Britain partOf Atlantic slave trade
this entity surface form: Transatlantic slave trade
Fort William, Anomabu associatedWith Atlantic slave trade
this entity surface form: Atlantic world slave economy
Portuguese Gold Coast mainEconomicActivity Atlantic slave trade
Portuguese Gold Coast tradeNetwork Atlantic slave trade
this entity surface form: Atlantic slave trade network
John Tarleton fieldOfWork Atlantic slave trade
Northeast Region of Brazil historicalEvent Atlantic slave trade
this entity surface form: Atlantic slave trade in Brazil
British colonial period hasPart Atlantic slave trade
Code Noir (involvement in drafting) relatedTo Atlantic slave trade
subject surface form: Code Noir
Atlantic English Creole developedDuring Atlantic slave trade
French colonists involvedIn Atlantic slave trade
Fort Christiansborg usedFor Atlantic slave trade
Henry Laurens & Company industry Atlantic slave trade
Mandika historicallyAffectedBy Atlantic slave trade
subject surface form: Mandinka
Royal Palaces of Abomey associatedWith Atlantic slave trade
Amistad portrays Atlantic slave trade
New England rum industry partOf Atlantic slave trade
this entity surface form: Atlantic triangular trade
Molasses Act 1733 industryAffected Atlantic slave trade
this entity surface form: Atlantic triangular trade
Trans-Saharan trade routes declineCause Atlantic slave trade
Fort William partOf Atlantic slave trade
this entity surface form: Atlantic trade network
Fort James usedFor Atlantic slave trade
Fort Batenstein associatedWith Atlantic slave trade
this entity surface form: trans-Atlantic slave trade
Orisha spreadThrough Atlantic slave trade
Afro-Brazilian religions historicalContext Atlantic slave trade
Duke Town connectedTo Atlantic slave trade
Fort Nassau associatedWith Atlantic slave trade
Fort Goede Hoop involvedIn Atlantic slave trade
Dahomey and the Slave Trade mainSubject Atlantic slave trade
Afro-diasporic religions emergedDuring Atlantic slave trade
Afro-Colombians historicalProcess Atlantic slave trade
Afro-Dutch historicalConnection Atlantic slave trade
Fort San Sebastian partOf Atlantic slave trade
this entity surface form: West African slave trade
Pomeroon tradeNetwork Atlantic slave trade
Dutch Tobago (intermittently) involvedIn Atlantic slave trade
subject surface form: Dutch Tobago
West African Pidgin English historicalContext Atlantic slave trade
Creole people historicallyLinkedTo Atlantic slave trade
Matawai historicalContext Atlantic slave trade
Aluku historicalContext Atlantic slave trade