FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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African leaders were encouraged to fight against European traders
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Tribal warfare increased
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Powerful new African nations were formed
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There was a new emphasis on artistic development in Africa
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Detailed explanation-1: -The slave trade had devastating effects in Africa. Economic incentives for warlords and tribes to engage in the slave trade promoted an atmosphere of lawlessness and violence. Depopulation and a continuing fear of captivity made economic and agricultural development almost impossible throughout much of western Africa.
Detailed explanation-2: -The English colonies expanded rapidly and the development of a plantation system and the growth of the Atlantic economy brought further demands for African labour. This increased the scale of the trade in enslaved people.
Detailed explanation-3: -The transatlantic slave trade resulted in a vast and as yet unknown loss of life for African captives both in and outside the Americas. “More than a million people are thought to have died” during their transport to the New World according to a BBC report.
Detailed explanation-4: -As the demand for slaves increased with European colonial expansion in the New World, rising prices made the slave trade increasingly lucrative.