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These slaves were captured during times of the war. They were a part of the community but were considered more as servants than property. And a good slave was quoted to "inherit his master's property"
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Europeans began contacts with the people of West Africa. Portugal's Prince Henry wanted gold and also wanted someone to take a map of Africa, so he set out for a sea route to india.
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Europeans relied on slave local African rulers to supply them with slaves and they brought little to African but were bringing up to 60,000 Africans a year to the Americas.
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Was significant because for the first time, Europeans were coming to the realization that they could have adirect trade with India and parts of Asia.
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This mission was reach India and open up a sea route from Europe to the east.
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King Affonso said to the Portugese government , " "It is our will that in these kingdoms there should not be any trade of slaves nor outlet for them."
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A trade network, with people as cargo linked Africa, Europe, and the Americas
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Racism was in strong effect during trade arrangements.
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British set up SIERRA LEONE as a colony for freed slaves to return to Africa
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this act abolished slave trade in the british empire, but not slavery itself. Slavery on English soil was unsupported in English law. It was confirmed and remained legal in most of the British Empire until the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833.
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Britain completely banned slavery in it's empire!
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Liberia was organized after by slaves from the United States, and became an independent country in 1847.
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They were the ones running the slave trade, they have the power, guns, first bunch of people. So it made it easy for them to go into other people's society to get what they wanted.
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US Civil War partially caused by slavery, people were attacking and killing people for slaves now that they felt like were needed again.
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neighbors were attacking other for slaves. Specifically strong males so they could get more work done, and so they could also get have an increased profit for goods because they could trade them.
