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Portuguese during the 1400's
Portuguese traders accounted for 95% of the slave trade in the fifteenth century.
European slavers did not capture the Africans they transported themselves, but bought them from native slave traders.
Europeans began to structure their economies around international trade during the Commercial Revolution.
The East African slave trade in the 1600 operated within Africa, Europe, and Asia, while the Atlantic slave trade in the 1700s also included in the Americans.
Some African states became dependent on the slave trade and European goods
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african states became too weak to resist the slave trade
The causes of the African slave trade included the demand for cheap labor in European colonies, the profitability of the sugar and tobacco industries, and the belief in the racial superiority of Europeans. This trade led to the forced migration of millions of Africans, resulting in a devastating impact on African societies, loss of cultural heritage, and long-lasting social and economic inequalities that persist today.
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Portuguese during the 1400's
Europeans came into contact with African slave traders while exploring the coast of Africa.
Europeans came into contact with African slave traders while exploring the coast of Africa.
The British were the dominant nation of the slave trade.
Portuguese, Dutch then English
The old African empires crumbled due to warring.
Portuguese traders accounted for 95% of the slave trade in the fifteenth century.