European slave traders

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf slave traders
gptkbp:are often depicted in literature
predominantly male
part of maritime history
often wealthy
involved in illegal activities
involved in the slave economy
involved in the spread of diseases
motivated by profit
often criticized by contemporaries
often linked to piracy
often portrayed negatively in history.
often sanctioned by governments
part of global trade systems
part of larger trade networks
associated_with_the_Middle_Passage
often_from_specific_European_nations
part_of_the_Atlantic_World
gptkbp:associatedWith European_colonialism
gptkbp:collaboratedWith African_kingdoms
gptkbp:contributedTo racial discrimination
gptkbp:createdBy plantation economies
gptkbp:enemy African_populations
gptkbp:established trade routes
slave markets
colonial_outposts
gptkbp:faced moral dilemmas
abolitionist movements
legal repercussions
competition from other traders
gptkbp:has long-lasting impacts on societies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label European slave traders
gptkbp:influenced cultural exchanges
social hierarchies
economic systems
demographics_of_the_Americas
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:transatlantic_slave_trade
human trafficking
gptkbp:operatesIn Africa
Americas
gptkbp:performedBy resistance from enslaved people
gptkbp:sells cotton
tobacco
sugar
gptkbp:timePeriod 15th to 19th century
gptkbp:transportation African_slaves
gptkbp:uses violence
slave ships
gptkbp:utilizes slave auctions
indentured servants
legal loopholes