The Europeans did not treat the Africans fairly as they were one of the main participants in the slave trade. Europeans would travel to the African countries to occupy and colonize them and also transport African goods back to their home countries in Europe. Doing this led to them gaining more power than they previously had as they owned more territories, hence seen as more powerful by their neighboring countries and competitors. The Europeans were also given the benefit of wealth increases as they made a lot of profit on selling goods that they had previously not been able to. These things were all done without the consideration of millions of African lives that it would affect.