: Improvements in maritime navigation and shipbuilding allowed for more frequent and larger voyages across the Middle Passage. Impact on West African States
: European nations transitioned from using indentured servants to enslaved Africans, who were viewed as a more "permanent" labor source. The Rise of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in W...
: The expansion of sugar, tobacco, and cotton plantations in the Americas created an insatiable need for cheap labor. The Rise of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in W...