Atlantic slave trade

The Atlantic slave trade was the capture and transport of black Africans into bondage and servitude in the New World. It is sometimes called the Maafa by African-Americans. This term means holocaust or great disaster in kiswahili. The slaves were one element of a three-part economic cycle—the Triangular Trade and its infamous Middle Passage—which ultimately involved four continents, four centuries and the lives and fortunes of millions of people.

External links

• African American Holocaust
• Africans in America/Part 1/The Middle Passage
• Breaking the Silence: Learning about the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• The Maafa (African Holocaust)
• The Middle Passage