Welcome To A New World
By: Bilal Khan
Social Effects
Increased anxiety, doubt and conflicts among African groups unfortunate as the Africans were capturing and selling their own people into slavery to meet the Europeans demand for slaves.
Language: the language of many African tribes were mixed with European language thereby forming new languages. One such language is the SwahiliPolitical effects
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade contributed to the instability as well as the expansion of politics in Africa.
There was the distribution of ammunition in Central and West Africa which helped with the military and political supremacy of tribes in Africa.
Political Alliances were betrayed between slave traders and African leaders. These Alliances enabled the rulers to establish authority over their counterparts.
How did the plantation system work in the New World (What cash crops were produced?
Once slaves arrived in the New World they were forced to work in harsh conditions on plantations growing sugar and indigo and work in gold and silver mines.
Cash crops like tobacco and cotton really fueled the slavery.