Cydney

12.5 million people from African societies were shipped as slaves between the years of 1500 and 1866 1.8 million died during transportation slaves were captured and sold, displaced from home cultures, forced to work, took beatings and brandings, and suffered from being broken up from their families the slave trade brought an African presence to the European and Native American people added elements of their culture to the European and Native American people elements including: religious ideas, musical&artistic traditions, and cuisine The Americas slave trade was distinct the size of the traffic of slaves was huge the location of the slave trade was very central to the colonial America based on plantation agriculture treated slaves as property; lacking any rights slave status was inherited throughout the generations, little to no chance of freedom racial dimension Africa became main source for slaves Native Americans began to die from diseases very quickly s...