During the first Atlantic Slave Trade system most of these traders were Portuguese, giving them a near-monopoly during the era, although some Dutch, English, Spanish and French traders also participated in the slave trade. After the occupation, Portugal stayed formally autonomous, but was weakened, with its colonial empire being attacked by the Dutch and English.
The Second Atlantic system was the trade of African slaves by mostly English, Brazilian, French and Dutch traders.
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In West African cultures, slaves were allowed to own slaves of their own, while those in the Atlantic slave trade were not.
It's pretty simple. The Europeans just gained wealth off the free labor.
In West African cultures slaves were treated like people, while in the Atlantic slave trade they were treated like property.
They usually bought them from other Africans.
In West African cultures, slaves were allowed to own slaves of their own, while those in the Atlantic slave trade were not.