In the 1400s and 1500s, more slaves were sold between African countries than across the Atlantic. In the 1600s, more slaves were sold across the Atlantic. (apex)
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In the 1400s and 1500s, more slaves were sold between African countries than across the Atlantic. In the 1600s, more slaves were sold across the Atlantic. (apex)
In the 1400's there was no Atlantic slave trade. It didn't begin until the American colonies used the slaves as part of the triangular trade. The first slave arrived in 1619, but it wasn't until the invention of the cotton gin that the slave population grew to millions of slaves in the southern states. There is a direct relationship between the bales of cotton produced and the number of slaves.
European explorers in the 1400's to the 1600's traded with the native Americans in the Bahama's. Europeans would trade cows, pigs, horses, sugarcane, and would deliver smallpox. the Indians would trade them turkey, corn, and other natural resources.
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