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The Transatlantic Slave Trade
The transatlantic slave trade lasted from the sixteenth century to 1807. About 12 million Africans were taken as slaves and shipped to the Americas to work. When the Africans reached the Americas, most became field labourers, while some became house servants. The slaves could not own anything, were listed along with the farm animals as their master's possessions, and were held to be a little higher than apes. The American Constitution considered a 'negro' man three-fifths of a person.

Few slaves were given their freedom, and the child of a slave was also a slave.

Why was the slave trade abolished?
The slave trade was abolished in Britain in 1807 because of numerous reasons: