Question
Describe in brief Slave trade.
Solution
Slave Trade: Slave trade had started in the 15th Century, when the Africans of Coastal regions were enslaved by individual traders, sailors and pirates and transported to work in American plantations of tobacco, sugar, rice, cotton and coffee. By the 16th Century, regular slave trading companies were formed, supported by the governments of their countries. Slaves were bought and sold, and were treated inhumanly. They lived in pathetic conditions resulting in large scale deaths.
