HIST 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Atlantic Slave Trade, Tableware
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Analysis week 3: the legacies and in-depth analysis of the atlantic slave trade. the atlantic slave trade left lasting effects on african people"s social, economic, and political positions. demographics were changed in drastic ways, and equiano, along with at least 100,000 other. African tribesmen and tribeswoman, were forced into european slavery. only fractions of the slaves survived the trip to the western hemisphere and along the trip, many were tortured and ill-treated. the social demographic change of the african continent was disastrous and affected the economic aspects of the continent as well. many craftsmen and other specialist workers were forced into slavery because of their adept skill, resulting in the african continent to lose most of its skilled workers who were the main driving force of the economic stability in african. one city in particular though, the city of tinmah, had cultural and social customs much different than he had ever seen.
