USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The European trans-Atlantic slave trade took off 10 centuries later, in 1693. Some of the seminar participants affirmed that while the trans-Atlantic slave trade lasted for four centuries (1693-1884), the trans-Saharan slave trade continued for 17 centuries (652-1960). There were similarities between the slave trades.

Detailed explanation-2: -Slave trade began in the 17th century. French merchants sailed to the African coast to buy slaves from their local chieftains. The slaves were packed in the ships for a three month voyage across the Atlantic to the Caribbean. There, they were sold to plantation owners.

Detailed explanation-3: -From 1200 to 1450, an extensive trans-Saharan trading system reached its peak. Huge caravans of camels and merchants transported goods across the desert. Trade across the Sahara linked the great kingdoms of West Africa to the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean worlds.

Detailed explanation-4: -“Slavery in the United States ended in 1865, ” says Greene, “but in West Africa it was not legally ended until 1875, and then it stretched on unofficially until almost World War I. Slavery continued because many people weren’t aware that it had ended, similar to what happened in Texas after the United States Civil War.”

Detailed explanation-5: -Paul Lovejoy estimates that around 6 million black slaves were transported across the Sahara between the years 650 AD and 1500 AD. The trans-Saharan slave trade, established in Antiquity, continued during the Middle Ages.