Why Were Africans Enslaved?

Why Were Africans Enslaved?Requirements: 1,000-1,200-word, double-spaced page essay.  Essay should be stapled and pages should be numbered. A bibliography or work-cited section should appear at the end of your essay. Please, turn in an electronic version as well via Canvas. I require students to use the Turabian citation style (guidelines are provided on Canvas). Please, use the Paper Composition Checklist (posted on Canvas) as a cover sheet for your paper.

Main Source:

David Northrup, The Atlantic Slave Trade

Essay Description:

Scholars have been arguing for decades as to what caused Europeans to transform Africa into the most viable and exclusive source of servile labor, thus creating what amounted to racial slavery in the New world. Explanations run the entire gamut from economic imperatives to racism. Write a short essay in which you discuss the validity of the different schools of thought and pick one that seems most compelling and pertinent. As always, I strongly encourage you to use external sources in addition to the required readings.