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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Paramaka historicalContext Atlantic slave trade
Afro-Saint Lucian people historicalOrigin Atlantic slave trade
Atlantic trade routes historicallyAssociatedWith Atlantic slave trade
this entity surface form: transatlantic slave trade
Afro-Lucians historicalOrigin Atlantic slave trade
this entity surface form: Transatlantic slave trade
Black French people historicalOrigin Atlantic slave trade
Caribbean peoples historicallyShapedBy Atlantic slave trade
Afro-Bonaireans historicalOrigin Atlantic slave trade
Afro-Anguillans historicalOrigin Atlantic slave trade
Kongo involvedIn Atlantic slave trade
the Saints opposed Atlantic slave trade
Valle de San Luis associatedWith Atlantic slave trade
Valle de Santa Rosa associatedWith Atlantic slave trade
Batuque developedInContextOf Atlantic slave trade
Whydah majorEconomicActivity Atlantic slave trade
Whydah associatedWithRoute Atlantic slave trade
this entity surface form: Transatlantic slave trade
Slave Coast partOf Atlantic slave trade
King Agaja involvedIn Atlantic slave trade
Afro-Dominicans (Dominica) historicalOrigin Atlantic slave trade
Thomas Handasyd Perkins participatedIn Atlantic slave trade
Cinqué in Amistad resists Atlantic slave trade
subject surface form: Cinqué (Amistad)
GoldenAgeOfPiracy affectedDomain Atlantic slave trade
Liverpool docks significantEvent Atlantic slave trade
global South hasHistoricalRoot Atlantic slave trade
Forro people ethnogenesisContext Atlantic slave trade
House of Slaves museum theme Atlantic slave trade
subject surface form: House of Slaves
Door of No Return associatedWith Atlantic slave trade