Transatlantic Slave Trade Research Paper

Words: 393
Pages: 2

The transatlantic slave trade is arguably one of the most negative and inhumane historical events that have occurred throughout history, it did not only immensely affect the slaves and their descendants but additionally altered societies and economies across continents. The transatlantic slave was injustice on a large scale with impacts that have lasted long after its evolution.

Socially, the slave trade contributed to the development of racist ideology, the Europeans claimed that the Africans were ‘biologically inferior’ because of their difference in skin tone, therefore Africans were bound to be slaves. The European went to great efforts to justify their theory thus, making it impossible for slaves and their future descendants to attain