Question

what were the consequences of the slave trade​

Answer 1

Answer:

Atlantic slave trade

Unhygienic conditions, dehydration, dysentery and scurvy led to a high mortality rate, on average 15% and up to a third of captives. Often the ships carried hundreds of slaves, who were chained tightly to plank beds.

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Answer 2

The slave trade was huge – British ships transported 2.6 million enslaved people. It has been estimated overall, about 12 million Africans were enslaved and taken to the Americas.

The majority of enslaved West Africans were taken to South America. More than 55 per cent of those enslaved were taken to Brazil and Spanish South America. Brazil now has the second largest black population of any country in the world outside of Nigeria. Around 35 per cent were taken to the West Indies; less than five per cent were taken to North America.

The death rate of the enslaved people was horrific.