ABSTRACT
Ideological and conceptual complications arise in describing the historic human trade experienced by Africans. This follows a familiar history of the efforts of the countries of the Global North to downplay the atrocities of this brutal trade. As such, these undertakings nudge students and scholars to believe that the perception and teaching of the slave trade are deliberate, and are masterminded by revisionist and apologetic ideas. Historical and contemporary global power dynamics geared in favor of the West support the ideas about the transatlantic slave trade that minimize the guilt, blame, and trauma. This chapter examines the history of slavery on the African continent and analyzes the differences in the conditions and context surrounding slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. Furthermore, the active players during the transatlantic slave-trade and their different roles are addressed. This chapter's exploration also includes the economic, psychological, and social effects of the slave trade, and the manners in which the engagements of the trade benefited Europe and the Americas.
