In which John Green teaches you about one of the least funny subjects in history: slavery. John investigates when and where slavery originated, how it. The Atlantic slave trade. Causes and results of slavery. A main cause of the trade was the colonies that European countries were starting to develop. This article discusses systems, history, and effects of slavery within Africa. See Arab slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Maafa, and Slavery in contemporary Africa. INDEX: The Atlantic Slave Trade Before the sixteenth century, slavery was not regarded by anyone (outside or inside Africa) as a particularly African. A brief review of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, with particular reference to the triangular trade and recent statistics. Atlantic slave trade on the Wikipedia for Schools. Upon discovering new lands through their naval explorations, European colonisers soon began to migrate to and. NATIONAL CENTER FOR HISTORY IN THE SCHOOLS University of California, Los Angeles The Atlantic Slave Trade A Unit of Study for Grades 7–12 Jeremy Ball The transatlantic slave trade is unique within the universal history of slavery for three main reasons: its duration - approximately four centuries Slaves for Guns West African rulers were instrumental in the slave trade. They exchanged their prisoners of war (rarely their own. Atlantic travel. The Atlantic slave trade arose after trade contacts were first made between the continents of the Old World (Europe, Africa, and Asia) and those of.