How Economic Impacts Of Slavery Has Changed America

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In summarising the impacts of slavery it is necessary to examine how economic impacts changed America. This then led to a political and cultural change as seen in Source A and Source B. One major impact was on society which later showed environmental disaster, especially in America.

The economy impacts influenced a major change. Ship owners made a profit of 20 to 25% of trading slaves. This resulted in wealthy American merchants which led to the developments of new industries, sugar, and tobacco. However, Africa suffered negative economic impacts as 11 million slaves were taken. Historian W.E Du Bois said, “traditional methods of work were lost and forgotten.” As a result, the impacts led to easier lifestyles in America but economic growth in Africa stagnated.

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In 1987 Tevis Williams said,” Americans don’t want to admit that they owe much to black culture”. During the experiences of slavery, many slaves developed new music, culture, beliefs, and values. Hence, culture in America was greatly influenced by African culture.

Society had major positive impacts as well as negatives. 120 million people of African descent live in the America’s today. Due to slavery, the population decreased in America and increased in the Caribbean and Brazil. In Africa mainly men were taken as slaves which created a gender imbalance and slow population growth. Loss of Indigenous population was also an impact caused by slaves carrying diseases. Thus, the majority of slaves lived in the Caribbean and slavery caused a loss of African and Indigenous population.

Slavery had a devastating impact on the environment. The most important effect was clearing of land and forests causing further erosion as 11 million slaves were migrating to America and for crops such as sugar and tobacco. For this reason, the environmental impact is still being felt

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