Atlantic slave trade Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
slave trade across the Atlantic Ocean between the 16th and 19th centuries
About Atlantic slave trade
Slavery has existed in human societies since the dawn of civilisation, with notable examples of civilisations that practised slavery being theGreeks,Romans,Egyptians,Babylonians,Chineseandsome pre-Columbian societies in the Americas. In Africa, slavery had been going on for centuries before Europeans got involved; the Arab slave trade took place across the Sahara Desert and Indian Ocean and various tribes enslaved some of their neighbours. While many slave-holding societies captured and enslaved people from other ethnic groups—often enemies defeated in war or neighbours raided for slaves—slavery of Africans in the Americas involved a conspicuous difference in skin color and some severely racist attitudes. Roman slavery, by comparison, never had a racial component and it was understood that
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