History of the Atlantic Slave Trade, also called the transatlantic slave trade.

History | Ancient History on Instagram: "Slavery in the United States was a brutal and dehumanizing institution that shaped the nation’s economic, social, and political landscape from the early 17th century until its abolition in 1865. Enslaved Africans and their descendants were forcibly brought to the American colonies and later the United States, primarily to provide labor on plantations producing cash crops such as tobacco, rice, and cotton, fueling both regional prosperity and national econ