Question

The Triangle Trade was devastating to the lives of people who were captured and sold as slaves, and to their families. What effects did the trans-Atlantic slave trade have on the countries of West Africa? How did the loss of so many people to slavery affect future generations?

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Answer 1

The slave trade had devastating effects in Africa. Economic incentives for warlords and tribes to engage in the slave trade promoted an atmosphere of lawlessness and violence. Depopulation and a continuing fear of captivity made economic and agricultural development almost impossible throughout much of western Africa.

Africa just recorded the highest rate of modern-day enslavement in the world. Armed conflict, state-sponsored forced labor, and forced marriages were the main causes behind the estimated 9.2 million Africans who live in servitude without the choice to do

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