The Transatlantic Slave Trade – Fact Files
For 400 years, millions of Africans were captured, taken by ship to America and the Caribbean and sold into slavery. This was a tragic period in history and it changed the world economically, socially and culturally, but it is a still a story that remains relatively untold.
Why were they taken? Where did they go? How did they get there? What happened to them? To find the answers check out our fact files.
African culture
What was Africa like before the slave trade?
What is Triangular trade?
Find out why African people were captured.
Middle Passage
Explore the horrific ‘Middle Passage’ journey that the enslaved Africans were forced to make.
Life as a slave
Slaves had to put up with harsh working conditions, abuse and brutal punishment. Find out more.
Resistance
Learn how the the enslaved Africans resisted and fought back.
Abolition
How did the most active slave trading country become the nation that brought about abolition? Find out here.
How slavery shaped our world
Racism emerged from slavery. The legacy of this still exists today.
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