The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Senegambia, Sierra Leone & the Windward Coast, the Gold Coast, the Bight of Benin, the Bight of Biafra, and West Central Africa also known as Kongo and Angola.

Nearly four hundred years from the late fifteenth century to the late nineteenth century.

As 'the most magnificent drama in the last thousand years of human history,' though he did not mean 'magnificent' in a good way.

<p>The Trans-Atlantic slave trade was the forced transportation of enslaved Africans from their homes in Africa to the Americas and lasted nearly four hundred years from the late fifteenth century to the late nineteenth century.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The majority of enslaved Africans were taken from six primary regions: Senegambia, Sierra Leone &amp; the Windward Coast, the Gold Coast, the Bight of Benin, the Bight of Biafra, and West Central Africa also known as Kongo and Angola.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>W.E.B. Du Bois described the Atlantic slave trade as 'the most magnificent drama in the last thousand years of human history,' but he didn’t mean 'magnificent' in a good way. He was emphasizing the massive scale and horrific nature of the slave trade.</p> Signup and view all the answers