The Slave Trade & the Colonisation of Africa
The African Slave Trade was prominent in many parts of Africa for many centuries, with over twelve million people being exported to be slaves in more wealthy part of the world over the span of 400 years. Enslaved (triangle trade is a historical term suggesting trade among three ports/regions. Triangular trade corrects trade imbalances between the regions), which occurred more from the 16th to the 19th century.
This was significant because it was important for the development of the wide economy and played an important part in the British industry with access to raw materials at a low cost which contributed to the production of manufactured goods. From 1750 a new production of cotton cloth started which replaces the major wool production which was better for machinery use. As a result, due to the new cotton production the industrial revolution began especially in and around the north west of England (Manchester). Cotton was imported from slave plantations which provided raw material at a low cost which caused industrial change and growth. It was seen as the biggest change in modern ecenomic history, founded on slave labour
The colonisation of Africa happened in the 19th to 20th century and was a conquest to reach a goal of colonising Africa's countries and impose dominance/establish control. By the time of the 20th century came, a majority of Africa had been colonised by European power. The push into Africa was for political, social and economic reasons which developed in the 19th century after the collapse and the restriction of the slave trade as well as the big Industrial Revolution there was a large demand for raw materials and there was a world-wide search for guaranteed quality materials to make profit which led to the conquest of the colonisation of Africa.
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