The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predominantly in the South. Slavery was established throughout European colonization in the Americas. The Europeans traded in slaves, sugar, pepper, ivory, wax, and gold during this period. The trade in gold was a major factor in the expansion of European interest in West Africa. Gold from West Africa, Ghana in particular, represented 1/10th of the world's gold reserve in the early part of the sixteenth century (Boahen, 1986). Scholars have identified 179 such ports, where more than 11 million Africans were transported by European slavers. But twenty of those ports received more than eight million Africans. In Brazil, 1,839,000 landed in Rio de Janerio and a further 1,550,000 in Salvador de Bahia. Kingston, Jamaica received 886,000 Africans, and 493,000 landed at Here are the top five African countries where slavery is still rampant. Last Edited by: Abena Agyeman-Fisher Updated: September 15, 2018. NEXT. I Agree to F2FA terms. SUBSCRIBE. Trending. In total, slave traders carried well over five million Africans from Central African ports. Central Africa differs from other regions that supplied the transatlantic slave trade. For example, Central Africa was home to some relatively large and powerful political states that controlled significant populations and territories. The slave trail of Benin. In the city of Ouidah, Benin, can be found multiple artefacts, sites and statues related to the slave trade in Africa. That is because the city of Ouidah was at the end of the slave trail of Benin and an important hub for this sinister trade. Slavery was rampant in West Africa and a lot of the slaves were being sold to .

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