Explain the negative effects Trans-Atlantic trade
Answer:
- There was increased instability/ conflicts among communities as trader raided for slaves.
- Many Africans lost their lives during the slave raids
- Traditional industries declined as Africans acquired a taste of Europeans goods.
- There was increased suffering among families as their loved ones were separated or sold as
slaves/into slavery.
- Some kingdoms declined due to continuous production as able bodied people who were taken away into slavery.
- There was serious depopulation in west Africa and parts of central Africa due to slave trade.
- The trade exposed the people of West Africa to new diseases.
- There was fear and insecurity due to the frequent raids on African settlements.
- It weakened African communities who could not resist colonization by the
Europeans.
- Africans lost confidence in their chiefs who sold them to slave dealers.
- Many Africans lost their lives during the slave raids
- Traditional industries declined as Africans acquired a taste of Europeans goods.
- There was increased suffering among families as their loved ones were separated or sold as
slaves/into slavery.
- Some kingdoms declined due to continuous production as able bodied people who were taken away into slavery.
- There was serious depopulation in west Africa and parts of central Africa due to slave trade.
- The trade exposed the people of West Africa to new diseases.
- There was fear and insecurity due to the frequent raids on African settlements.
- It weakened African communities who could not resist colonization by the
Europeans.
- Africans lost confidence in their chiefs who sold them to slave dealers.
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