The Impact Of The Atlantic Trade System On The Birth Of Capitalism

NameTutorCourseDateThe Birth of CapitalismCapitalism is the state where the economic and also the political system of a country is controlled by private owners or people that are not involved directly in the state. The Atlantic slave trade that used to take place in Africa is one of the courses of the rise of capitalism. The trade involved the capturing of the humans as slaves and transferring them across the Atlantic hence the name Trans-Atlantic trade. The trade too took place in the 16th to 19th century, most of the sold slaves were Africans who were sold by the African merchants and also the tribal leaders who used to give the slaves to the Europeans. The slaves were then transported to north and south of America and used as manual workers. They were forced to work at the plantations, industries, house helps and also working in mines. The Atlantic slave trade was as a result of a shortage of labor in America. Most of the Europeans who had bought cheap land in America needed labor for their firms and industries. Therefore, they ended up involving themselves in the slave trade in Africa in search of labor. Most of the transported