How Did Slavery Change The Atlantic World
Between 1450 and 1850 12 million slaves were transported to the new world from Africa. However only 10.7 million of them survived the dreaded passage to the new world. In the Atlantic world many things happened that changed the world: the discovery of the new world, new technology, and most importantly the causes and effects of slavery. Slavery impacted the world in many ways and changed the world how it is today. During the Atlantic world one major resource was lacking and that was workers. Their previous workers or slaves indigenous people died too easily to diseases or working to hard for too long. However Europeans found a new source of slaves and that was Africa. Africans were very suited workers: they were used to the tropical climate,