Transatlantic Slave Trade

Essay from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, University of Frankfurt (Main) (Institut fur England- und Amerikastudien), course: Discourses of Slavery, language: English, abstract: This essay has been written as an elaboration of my presentation of the subject"e;Transatlantic Slave Trade"e; in the seminar "e;Discourses of Slavery"e; in summerterm 2007. It is supposed to give essential information concerning the subject. It involves investigations on how the Atlantic Triangle worked (goods,pants, figures), the history of the Slave Trade with particular focus on the'Middle Passage' (circumstances, figures) as well as negative and 'positive' longterm effects of the slave trade on the Americas and on Africa. It concludes witha n overview of important dates related to the Transatlantic Slave Trade. [...]