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1680-1830

1680-1830: The price paid for captives in the Senegambia region rose tenfold as the transatlantic slave trade reached its most devastating peak of impact on …

HT-ATST-000021

1680-1830: The price paid for captives in the Senegambia region rose tenfold as the transatlantic slave trade reached its most devastating peak of impact on African societies. This sharp economic shift was driven by the intense global demand for labor in the expanding plantation colonies of the Americas. African rulers and merchants profited immensely from this trade, acquiring textiles, hardware, firearms, and luxury stimulants in exchange for human beings. This period saw the trade become deeply entrenched in the political and economic structures of many West African coastal states.

Source  ·  HT-ATST-000021  ·  p. xx Eltis & Richardson, Atlas, xx / Bates: HT-ATST-000021