It is estimated that more than half of the entire slave trade took place during the 18th century, with the British, Portuguese and French being the main carriers of nine out of ten slaves abducted from Africa.Īs you can note from the two maps (Slave trade map & ETW trade Nodes) there is a clear correlation between the location of the nodes and the location the slaves were acquired. Slightly more than 3% of the enslaved people exported from Africa were traded between 14, and 16% in the 17th century.
The main destinations were the Caribbean colonies and Brazil, as European nations built up economically slave-dependent colonies in the New World. The volume of slaves carried off from Africa reached 30,000 per year in the 1690s and 85,000 per year in the 18th century. The Slave Trade from 16th to the mid- 19th century, about 12.5 million slaves had been shipped from Africa, and 10.7 million had arrived in the Americas. Most indentured servants didn’t survive their indentured contract and it didn’t take long for the harsh conditions to reach Europe. However, Native Americans either became ill or ran away easily. The main destinations were the Caribbean colonies and Brazil, as. Initially, Native Americans and indentured servants were used. The Slave Trade from 16th to the mid- 19th century, about 12.5 million slaves had been shipped from Africa, and 10.7 million had arrived in the Americas. There was a huge demand in Europe for sugar, tobacco, and coffee.
