Transatlantic Slave Trade

The slave trade was a process of transporting and selling slaves especially black Africans to the New World prior to the mid-19th century.The Transatlantic Slave trade was the biggest deportation in history and a determining factor in the world economy of the 18th century.Millions of Africans were torn from their homes, deported and sold as slaves.The Transatlantic trade is also known as the the Triangular Trade and it connected the economies of three continents.The trade proceeded three steps.The Transatlantic Slave Trade started since the time of ancient Egypt,slave had been taken from africa.

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