Chapter 14 (pp.687-699) & Chapter 14 document (pp.700-717)

The atlantic slave trade was a huge mark in history between the years 1500-1866  (at its peak at 1776 - 1800 ) which involved a whopping number of 12.5 million African people where as 10.7 million of them were in the Americas.  Most of which went to Brazil 45.4% ( 4,864,000 ) and second to the Caribbean 44.8% ( 4,798,000 ). And not to say, 1.8 million of the Africans died during the transportation. Slavery in America was harsher than places other wher slavery in America was harsher than other places. They were slave for life and their children inherited the slave identity.  They were seen as property and lacked any rights that humans had. Why were  africans treated this way?  Well first of all, all the Native Americans died from European disease so they were not available. Europeans were Christians so they were exempt from slavery, and Europeans who did agree to work was an indentured servant and got way better conditions and benefits than Africans. And of course the more obvious reason was that Africans were black. The African and European relationship was based off of racism and were considered lower than whites. Therefore it was easier for the Europeans to exploit them without guilt. One effect of the slave trade on Africans was on African women. Since mostly men got shipped across sea there was an unbalance in sex ratio. This meant men could marry multiple women and use them as their slaves. This was a time very unjust  actions. Because this was such a big event and popular it was hard to control. They increased racism and colonialism was great  and a lot of people accepted therefore making it even harder to create a equal world.