Jan 23

Between 1500 and 1866, the Atlantic slave trade consisted of an estimated 12.5 million people living in African societies. 10.7 million Africans moved to the Americas, where they became slaves. During the transatlantic crossing, about 1.8 million Africans died.Europeans and Native Americans accumulated more African slaves from the slave trade happening in the Americas. The spread of Africans created issues of race that occur in the twenty-first century. African culture, including "religious ideas, musical and artistic traditions, and cuisine" (Strayer, 688) converted into American culture.  This means that religion, musical and artistic traditions, and food from Africa became part of the American lifestyle. The slave trade enriched European and Euro-American societies, with the forced labor of African slaves. The Atlantic slave trade represented the owning and exchange of individuals. Surprisingly, in many places slaves "could be assimilated into their owners' households, lineages, or communities" (Strayer, 688). This means that slaves had an ability to blend in with all other human beings. The Islams preferred to have twice the amount of female slaves than males, while the Atlantic slave trade preferred to have twice the amount of male slaves than female.