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How and Why did the Atlantic slave trade Stop?

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Why was the Atlantic Slave trade called the Atlantic slave trade?
The Slave trade was really called the Mid-Altlantic slave trade and it was called that becuase the three areas it stoped to where all connected to the Atlantic Ocean. Also, by the way, the slave...
Where were the slaves from in Africa in the Atlantic slave trade?
They came mainly from West Africa.
When is the date of the Atlantic slave trade?
between 1450 and 1850
Why should the slave trade be stop?
I don't suppose you would fancy being dragged out of your home, carried in appaling conditions to a distant country, then being made to work very hard and flogged if you don't work hard.
Why was Atlantic slave trade abolished?
Because the people that were engaged in it were Europeans and their governments outlawed the practice