The Atlantic Slave trade had a distinct correlation to race and agriculture. Also, slavery in the pre-modern world was a casualty of war. If wars raged, the losing side would forfeit citizens to the winning side. They would keep them, and then return them after a certain amount of time. On the Atlantic Slave trade, it was just for forced labor.
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a large movement from the south atlantic to the old southwest
No. Slavery and the slave trade had been going on in Africa for centuries before the Atlantic Slave trade came into being.
Opposed slavery
Slavery did not start in the UK. Slavery was been practiced since the beginning of human existance befor man walked in europe.
Slavery was abolished in Britain in 1807. It was declared illegal in France in 1794, Portugal banned it in 1624 and Spain outlawed slavery in 1542.