SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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flourishing of art & culture.
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transfer of European political ideas.
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decreased warfare.
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decreased population in some areas.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The effect of slavery in Africa Some states, such as Asante and Dahomey, grew powerful and wealthy as a result. Other states were completely destroyed and their populations decimated as they were absorbed by rivals. Millions of Africans were forcibly removed from their homes, and towns and villages were depopulated.
Detailed explanation-2: -The implications of the slave trade included: The development of slave-based states and economies. The destruction of societies. The development of foreign colonies. Leaders of African societies took roles in continuing the trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -It hampered Africa’s mercantilist economy by halting its capacity to be transformed into a capitalist economy. Moreover, it started the systemic and continuous process of economic exploitation and social and political fragmentation that Europeans later institutionalized through colonization and neocolonization.