What was the transatlantic slave trade and why is it remembered with sorrow?
Remembering with Care
What was the transatlantic slave trade and why is it remembered with sorrow?
Some questions in a history book don't sparkle. They ache a little. This is one of them — a chapter about people, and about a wrong that the world still pauses to remember. Let's walk through it gently, and honestly.
First, picture the ocean in the middle. The Atlantic is the wide blue sea between three places: Europe on one side, Africa below it, and the Americas across the water. For about 300 years — roughly the 1500s into the 1800s — ships sailed a great triangle between them, carrying goods back and forth.
