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The Transatlantic Slave Trade
Various "European powers, primarily Spain and Portugal," thought of an easier, smarter and a cheaper way to enforce labour work in America. By having enslaved Africans who are immune to European diseases and aren't familiar with the country, is better than having Indigenous people who know the country and aren't immune to the country. -
Increase of slave trade
During this time there was a stable salve trading and it began to increase rapidly -
Outlaw cotton
After banning cotton manufacture and utilization, many slaves lost their jobs -
Only eight slaves
An explorer wrote down that he only had 8 slaves "after combing the whole of Ghana's coast from west to east" -
Authorizing cotton
several people including slaves were able to get their jobs back -
Resistance in the Americas
Drums were banned from the slaves because they may be using them to communicate across the river and might be planning on having a revenge -
Voltaire: Excerpts from Superstition
Wrote novels which focused on " inequality, intolerance, and injustice" -
Olaudah Equiano: Excerpt from Chapter Twelve of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano became involved in an abolitionist movement, which was in Britain that was trying to outlaw slave trade