The transatlantic slave trade occurred between the 16th and early 20th Century, it was a truly horrific period of human history where millions of men, women and children were uprooted throughout West Africa and dispersed across the colonised Americas connecting the economies of three continents. ... Africans were transported to America to be sold throughout the continent as slave labourers. ... That being the Portuguese settlers in the Americas or the "New World" were given loans with easy repayment and interest plans to buy more slaves and develop sugar plantations. ... As the deman...

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Throughout the early 16th century, through to the mid 18th century, slavery and forced labour was widespread in Europe and the New World, particularly in America. Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619 by the Dutch to aid in the production of valuable resources such as tobacco, sugar and cotton (Slavery in America, 2015). ... The landing at Chesapeake Bay, Virginia was made by Captain John Smith along with 104 other sailors (Colonial Settlement). ... There were numerous reasons why slavery was introduced...

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