The atrocities of the Atlantic slave trade began after the Columbian Exchange.

It can be considered that the Atlantic Slave Trade is one of the interesting facts about the Columbian Exchange. The Columbian Exchange allowed commodities crops, goods, and other items to be produced in the Americas and sold in Europe. The Atlantic Slave Trade resulted in many Africans being brought to the New World as slaves to do skilled and unskilled work. The majority of these slaves were sold to Europeans by Africans, not captured as is commonly assumed. Between 1500 and 1880, over 12 million African slaves were forcibly transported to the Americas. Because of the harsh conditions, roughly 15% of them perished on the trek. Slaves were treated like commodities, overworked, and their children became the legal property of their masters.

Besides, because of the devastating diseases, the native American population dramatically decreased. Meanwhile, Europeans need labor to cultivate new crops in the Americas, but there aren’t many natives left. Therefore, Europeans look to Africa and begin to import African slaves to the Americas. Since African slaves had already developed immunity to European diseases, the colonists began to ship thousands of slaves from Africa to the Americas.