c'mon now

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slave sales within the americas was not an outlier. slaves arrived in the colonies right up until the ban (and even illegally after it).
The
intra-Americas slave trade (also called the
inter-American or
intra-colonial slave trade) refers to the
forced movement and sale of enslaved Africans and their descendants within the Americas, rather than directly from Africa.
What it was
- Took place after enslaved people had already arrived in the Americas
- Involved trading people between colonies, islands, and regions in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean
- Operated from the 1500s through the 1800s, and in some places expanded even after the transatlantic trade was restricted
How it differed from the Transatlantic Slave Trade
| Transatlantic | Intra-Americas |
|---|
| Africa → Americas | Americas → Americas |
| Mainly European traders | Colonial merchants and plantation owners |
| Ocean-crossing voyages | Coastal, river, and overland routes |
Major routes and regions
- Caribbean islands (especially Barbados, Jamaica, Cuba, and Saint-Domingue/Haiti)
- Brazil, especially from ports like Rio de Janeiro
- Spanish America, including Mexico, Colombia, and Peru
- North America, including the forced movement from the Caribbean to the southern colonies and later the internal U.S. slave trade
Why it happened
- Labor demand shifted as sugar, coffee, cotton, and mining expanded
- Some colonies outlawed direct African imports, increasing internal trade
- Plantation owners sold enslaved people for profit or debt repayment
- After events like the Haitian Revolution, enslaved people were sold elsewhere
Human impact
- Families were separated repeatedly
- People faced new languages, laws, and brutal labor systems
- The trade reinforced slavery even as abolition movements grew
Historical significance
- Shows that slavery was not just an overseas system but deeply entrenched within the Americas
- Helped shape the racial, cultural, and economic foundations of many American societies
If you want, I can:
- Compare it to the U.S. internal slave trade
- Explain it at a middle-school or high-school level
- Help with an essay outline or key dates
NOTE: chattel slavery started in present south america and the caribbean 100+ years before it did in the usa.
circa 250 years of slavery in the united states (colonies)
circa 400 years for TA slavery overall.
also slaves were sold up into america.
liberian exports from america helped create an entire country.
"Between 1822 and the outbreak of the
American Civil War in 1861, more than 15,000 freed and free-born
African Americans, along with 3,198
Afro-Caribbeans, relocated to Liberia"
en.wikipedia.org
how are these things outliers? serious question.