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the effects of slavery as they pertain to economic, political and social ramifications. Colonial rule in the region is touched on. Bibliography lists 4 sources SA141slv.rtf
The slave trade in eighteenth century America, which entailed the importing of African human beings from the coasts of the continent, involved Africans themselves. The natives were in fact
involved in the business. They sold their cohorts into slavery and in some sense, the trade was profitable for the natives, or at least those who were not captured. While
trading human beings was profitable for natives and Americans alike, it caused devastation. Villages were wiped out. Slaves were kept in harsh conditions and often died in the process. One
wonders what the effects of slave trading were on West Africa and Central West Africa itself. Certainly it is known what would become of individual slaves, or groups of slaves,
that once were in America, but what did the practice do to those who were left behind? In the United States, slaves were generally not treated well, although some masters
were quite humane. In any event, the slave trade in many ways devastated West Africa. Liberia, the Ivory Coast and Ghana are names which come up when talking about slavery.
These coastal areas certainly seemed to suffer. A larger chunk of Africa suffered politically, socially and economically. The Atlantic slave trade era proved to be a devastating experience for West
and West-Central Africans. Politically, the continent was weakened. The individual countries or colonies, and the formation of countries from colonies, was all that could be done for survival. For example,
in 1847, Liberia declared independence from the United States and charged that the injustices done by their mother country made it necessary to make new lives for themselves in Africa
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