African slavery was more akin to European serfdom --the condition of most Europeans in the 15th century. In the Ashanti Kingdom of West Africa, for example, slaves could marry, own property and ...

The term “transatlantic slave trade” has long been established as the predominant descriptor of the forced movement and ...

In the 15th Century, Portugal developed trade with ... of the slave fortresses the only way out was to be sold on to European slave traders, Some traders would travel along the coast, stopping ...

Before the 15th century, subjugation based on factors ... powers caused traders and slave agents to procure slaves far inland ...

A vast amount of slaves were traded for guns. Th first small portable firearms came into use in the middle of the 15th century. German gunsmiths are thought to have designed the first trigger.