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The trans-Atlantic slave trade in a two minute animation (Original Post) Recursion Aug 2016 OP
Excellent representataion Warpy Aug 2016 #1
Yeah, that was what struck me first Recursion Aug 2016 #3
Wow, I'm speechless SummerSnow Aug 2016 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author MichiganVote Aug 2016 #4
Yeah. The impact of 1808 was especially impressive (nt) Recursion Aug 2016 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author MichiganVote Aug 2016 #6
Every time some idiot thinks that slavery just wasn't that bad, PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2016 #7
There was an earlier period of Native American and white slavery from England... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #9
Wow I'd love to read that alternate history Recursion Aug 2016 #10
I would never be able to write that. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2016 #12
Thank you for sharing that! Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #8
Thank you for posting GeoWilliam750 Aug 2016 #11
Anyone know if there was slave trading within the western hemisphere after crossing the Atlantic? aikoaiko Aug 2016 #13
Caribbean slaves had to be replaced frequently Warpy Aug 2016 #14
I think they mostly died within a few years. (nt) Recursion Aug 2016 #15

Warpy

(113,131 posts)
1. Excellent representataion
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 04:02 PM
Aug 2016

Most went to the Caribbean and Brazil, lesser amounts to colonies on the northeast coast of South America and relatively little to the southern US colonies/early southern states. I'd known all this but it was great to see it in animation.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
3. Yeah, that was what struck me first
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 04:20 PM
Aug 2016

The Southern orientation of the Triangular trade was not clear to me before this.

Response to Recursion (Original post)

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PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,826 posts)
7. Every time some idiot thinks that slavery just wasn't that bad,
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 04:29 PM
Aug 2016

or that slaves had a better life here than they had in Africa, I start wondering what this country would be like today if instead of bringing Africans here as slaves, they'd immigrated voluntarily, as Europeans did. Well, more or less voluntarily since often Europeans were reluctantly leaving because of war or economic conditions or some such.

But I wish someone much smarter than I am would write an alternate history in which the slave trade never happened.

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,065 posts)
9. There was an earlier period of Native American and white slavery from England...
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 04:40 PM
Aug 2016

... in their early colonization of North America.

It didn't work out as well for the exploiters.

The natives were more prone to illness and escape, and white slaves (who were often considered "undesirables" from England) could more easily blend in with other whites.

What a sick period in history, and we're still experiencing some negative after-effects from it.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
10. Wow I'd love to read that alternate history
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 04:42 PM
Aug 2016

Do you want to write that?

If not, do you mind if I give it a shot?

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,826 posts)
12. I would never be able to write that.
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 12:43 AM
Aug 2016

Oh, maybe I could dash off a short story which wouldn't require too much research, but the novel I'd love to read, better yet the series, would involve lots and lots of research that I wouldn't be willing to do.

Please try it yourself!

aikoaiko

(34,204 posts)
13. Anyone know if there was slave trading within the western hemisphere after crossing the Atlantic?
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 02:15 PM
Aug 2016

It almost seems impossible for the Caribbean to absorb all those slaves. Were they traded/sold to South American and the US after that?

Or is my impression incorrect?

Warpy

(113,131 posts)
14. Caribbean slaves had to be replaced frequently
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 03:42 PM
Aug 2016

due to the ravages of starvation and tropical diseases they had no resistance to, not to mention horrific injuries sustained harvesting sugar cane.

Most of the onshore trading was done from port cities like Charleston SC and Savannah GA in the US and ports in Bahia province in Brazil.

If you ever get a chance, visit the old slave market in Charleston SC. That place has haunted me since I was ten. The entries about each auctioned person as to physique and temperament in ornate copperplate script are chilling.

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