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...
trans Atlantic slave Trade
was between Europe West Africa and the Americas
was across the Atlantic Ocean
Transported mostly people id est captured Africans from west Africa
was between the...
Atlantic slave trade actually began as early as the late 1400's as many of the other countries freely traded slaves. The United States was one of the last countries to become involved in slave trade.