Impact of the AST on Africa Flashcards
Africa already had…
It’s own slave trade, although this was on a much smaller scale than the AST that followed, and it was unusual for somone to remain a slave for all of their life.
The Ashanti empire…
Was one of the African kingdoms which were happy to sell captured prisoners from other tribes to the european slave traders. This and the import of guns and other european goods caused conflict between the tribes
Approximately 18 million afcricans were…
Lost due to the AST. 12 million of these were carried across the Atlantic while the remaining 6 million died at some stage between being captured and setting off on the mp
The AST had arguably…
Halved the population of africa by 1850, with the population reduced to 25 million rather than the 50 million it should have grown to by that stage.
A lot of fertile farmland in africa went…
Uncultivated due to the lack of healthy young people left in africa to farm the land
The Slave traders used…
Racist ideas to justify the capture of africans. This created a long-term affect on relations between the different peoples of africa, with a legacy of tension between the tribal societys.
