As the world was marking the end of eighteenth century, trade across the Atlantic Ocean was booming, and the number of slaves was doubling by day. Many of these forced laborers were mainly from Africa, and they were to be posted to plantations in America. The consequence of the slave trade in America is that it would later affect the population statistics and demographics of the black people in America in the later years.
Conquering of USA by European colonists and an agricultural revolution trade resulted to demand labor creating desire to look for working force who would work on the plantations. The desire to get slaves from elsewhere was also as a consequence of the high number of locals who had died from diseases and also working in inhumane conditions. The European economy needed goods to support the industries and help its people.
America also had affordable arable land at the time to support agricultural practices, and it resulted to investors looking for slaves to work on their farms. The environmental conditions were good for crop production, unlike Europe that hard extreme weather for agricultural output.
The slaves were transported through ships through the Atlantic Ocean in the process many died along the way while others reached America safely to start working on their stations. Long after slave trade was abolished many of these slaves began living free lives, and they settled in present day United States of America.
There was population stagnation because, despite the big numbers of slaves imported into the plantations, the death rate was high than the birth rate among the Africans and hence they could not sustain their populations. Therefore, there was continued importation from Africa to boost the labor demands. By early nineteenth century, US population was fifteen percent blacks who were descendants of the slavery population.
The forced laborers in the USA were inflicted a lot of pain and diseases such as blindness, bowed legs, convulsions because they did not have a proper diet. The slaves used to have long working hours on the tobacco, cotton, and sugar farms. Because of long times they took on the farms they did not have time to take care of their off-springs and therefore experienced significant infant mortality compared to that of their masters.
Most of the slaves were captives and prisoners in the African society, and they sold them to European traders. The forced laborers were got through war where they were captured by their enemy communities others were criminals who were considered outcasts to send them from the society. As the trade continued to boom communities in West Africa continued to fight to get more slaves to meet the demand in America. They were bought to the ocean coast where Europeans would buy the slaves. Most European traders feared the hostility of the African people and there was also the disease in African interior that the European traders would be susceptible.
Lastly, the slave trade in USA is no longer legal, and the children of the former slaves are now free men. Since then there have been intermarriages between slaves and their masters descendants as they champion for a new free generation.
Conquering of USA by European colonists and an agricultural revolution trade resulted to demand labor creating desire to look for working force who would work on the plantations. The desire to get slaves from elsewhere was also as a consequence of the high number of locals who had died from diseases and also working in inhumane conditions. The European economy needed goods to support the industries and help its people.
America also had affordable arable land at the time to support agricultural practices, and it resulted to investors looking for slaves to work on their farms. The environmental conditions were good for crop production, unlike Europe that hard extreme weather for agricultural output.
The slaves were transported through ships through the Atlantic Ocean in the process many died along the way while others reached America safely to start working on their stations. Long after slave trade was abolished many of these slaves began living free lives, and they settled in present day United States of America.
There was population stagnation because, despite the big numbers of slaves imported into the plantations, the death rate was high than the birth rate among the Africans and hence they could not sustain their populations. Therefore, there was continued importation from Africa to boost the labor demands. By early nineteenth century, US population was fifteen percent blacks who were descendants of the slavery population.
The forced laborers in the USA were inflicted a lot of pain and diseases such as blindness, bowed legs, convulsions because they did not have a proper diet. The slaves used to have long working hours on the tobacco, cotton, and sugar farms. Because of long times they took on the farms they did not have time to take care of their off-springs and therefore experienced significant infant mortality compared to that of their masters.
Most of the slaves were captives and prisoners in the African society, and they sold them to European traders. The forced laborers were got through war where they were captured by their enemy communities others were criminals who were considered outcasts to send them from the society. As the trade continued to boom communities in West Africa continued to fight to get more slaves to meet the demand in America. They were bought to the ocean coast where Europeans would buy the slaves. Most European traders feared the hostility of the African people and there was also the disease in African interior that the European traders would be susceptible.
Lastly, the slave trade in USA is no longer legal, and the children of the former slaves are now free men. Since then there have been intermarriages between slaves and their masters descendants as they champion for a new free generation.
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