Transatlantic Slave Trade

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Transatlantic_Slave_Trade
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:abolished Britain in 1807
Denmark in 1803
France in 1818
Netherlands in 1814
Portugal in 1836
Spain in 1817
United States in 1808
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Atlantic_slave_trade
gptkbp:beganIn 16th century
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:International_Day_of_Remembrance_of_the_Victims_of_Slavery_and_the_Transatlantic_Slave_Trade
March 25
gptkbp:endDate 19th century
gptkbp:goodsExchanged gptkb:sugar
gptkb:tobacco
right
textiles
cotton
guns
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Transatlantic Slave Trade
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Americas
gptkb:Brazil
gptkb:Caribbean
gptkb:Central_Africa
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:West_Africa
gptkbp:numberOfEnslavedPeople over 12 million
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Britain
gptkb:Denmark
gptkb:France
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:Portugal
gptkb:Spain
gptkb:Sweden
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Middle_Passage
gptkb:Triangular_Trade
Abolitionism
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:African_diaspora
devastation in African societies
economic growth in Europe
racial slavery in Americas
gptkbp:route gptkb:Middle_Passage
Africa to Americas
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Slave_Route_Project
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Black_Americans
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4