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There is such a hot topic: Why didn't the black slave trade arrest people from India back then?
Why did the Indians "escape" the black slave trade?
Beginning: Dear friends, have you ever wondered why, historically, the Indians did not seem to be involved in the slave trade of blacks on a large scale? Today, I'm going to uncover this mystery for you.
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- Geographical Reasons: First of all, we need to understand that India and Africa are very different geographically. India is located in South Asia, while Africa is located on the African continent. At the time, the coastal areas of Africa were more accessible to European slave traders, while India was relatively far away.
- Demographic reasons: In India, the demographic structure is relatively complex, and the racial and ethnic diversity makes it difficult for Indians to be uniformly categorized. In Africa, where the proportion of blacks is higher, it is easier to be singled out by slave traders.
- Historical Background: During the slave trade, India was under British colonial rule. The British established their own system of rule in India, giving a certain degree of protection to the Indians. And in Africa, in the absence of a strong central government, blacks were more likely to be captured and sold by slave traders.
That is to say, the Indians do not like to sell the Indians without making it, otherwise a ship that can only hold a hundred blacks, and the Indians can be loaded with at least a thousand, and the profit will be great.
This master sugarcane is native to India and Southeast Asia, and the people and species are all there, so why bother to ship it all the way to the Americas! [covers face] [covers face] [covers face] [covers face].
[doge] geography is not good, right, from India the cost was much higher than in black Africa, even more so hundreds of years ago.
Don't be funny, can you open the world map and take a look, sail along the coastline to Africa, cross the Atlantic Ocean to sell people over, cross the Atlantic Ocean once to transport sugar to the Great Triangle trade in Europe, and then sail to Asia and then to the Americas, and you will be reimbursed for the thousands of kilometers you walked?
Regardless of the cost of transportation distance? Catching blacks from the Americas to the Americas is obviously shorter and cheaper than catching the Americas route from India.
Chinese love to have a geographical misunderstanding, that is, the flat world map subconsciously believes that Africa to the Americas to cross the Pacific. There is an Atlantic Ocean between the Americas and Africa! For example, if you live in Pingdingshan, do you have to go to Datong, Shanxi Province to pull coal?
There was an exodus of people from China at the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century, and there was an outflow of people at the end of the 19th century. Besides, it's too far away, the cost is too high, and it's not cost-effective.
You underestimate capital, as long as the interests are sufficient, a Spaniard can sell blacks to Europe, and he can also sell his own people to Latin America.
Is it good for the European base camp to go south to Africa to pretend to be slaves, and go to the Americas through the Atlantic Ocean without going through Asia? The Suez Canal has not yet been dug and the sea route is far, far away to Asia.
The United States was the first to develop the east. That is, to catch Africans from the Atlantic to the east of the United States. India is a long way from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic.
So, dear friends, that's why in the history of the slave trade, the Indians seem to have "escaped". Geographical location, demographic structure, and historical background have all influenced the fate of Indians to a certain extent. I hope that this explanation will help you better understand history and make us cherish the peace and tranquility of the present even more.
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