Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade:Effects

Geographical:West Africa

Human:Males 2/3 of trade

Economic:powerful Africans made sizeable profits

Economic:by 18th c. slaves Africa main export

Political:brutal intervention in individual lives

Political:wars between competing African rulers

Numbers:12 m. Atlantic; 8 m. domestic; 6 m. Middle

East

Labor:supply for plantation system

Social:division between poor black & rich white

communities

Social:segregation & discourage marriage

Culture:creation unique Black identity