ECONOMIC BASIS OF AFRICAN SLAVERY

Economic Basis of African Slavery

Economic Basis of African Slavery and Its Impact On The Emerging Nation

The transatlantic slave trade which began in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries forever changed the demographic structure of the United States. It introduced an ethnical race which was treated in ways that violate every tenet of present day United Nations human rights charter and the US law. However, such treatment of African slaves was common and lawful during the 17th and 18th centuries and slaves were mainly the source of un-free labor in the agricultural South of the United States. ...