HST 198 Chapter 24.2: Slave Trade Beginnings
19 Sep 2016
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Africa and the creation of atlantic slave trade. Contact between the europeans and africans often resulted in diaspora of millions of africans to the middle east, europe and the americas. Slave trade after the 1600 overshadowed the other types of contact the. Forcing africans to become slaves shaped major aspects of the new world. The forced migration was part of the international exchange of food, disease, animals and ideas. Where europeans brought slaves to the americas, african culture was a part of the complex mixture, contributing to new cultural forms. Africa remained independent throughout this whole process. Islam consolidated it"s position to east africa and sudan. In many places in africa, independent states continued to form and expand. Portuguese established factories along the coast of africa. Factories: forts and trading posts with resident merchants. El mina was the most important outpost: it was the heart of the gold-producing region.
