Atlantic Africa In The 19th Century
Atlantic Africa experienced significant changes in the nineteenth through twentieth centuries that occurred largely because of outside actors. The trans-Atlantic slave trade created a complicated environment in Atlantic Africa because it dominated trade on the coast, created deep class divisions, and “disrupted and distorted” interior progress. Those relationships became increasingly complex following the end of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and during the Scramble for Africa and the decolonization movement. The abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade was undoubtedly one of the most significant developments in Atlantic Africa during the 19th century because it put an end to the forced migration of millions of Africans across the Atlantic