who was the person that founded the slave trade?

Answer 1

It's impossible to pin it on one person.
Internal slavery was established in many countries and societies for hundreds of years before it became a major world trade.

There are some notable individual's though - England’s first slave trader, Sir John Hawkins, was an Elizabethan privateer and cousin of Sir Francis Drake. He was the first to kidnap the native African population and sell them in Europe or America.

From then on, between 1450 and 1850 an estimated 12 million Africans were sold by Europeans. Muslim traders exported at least as many, if not more, African slaves to India, the Middle East and North Africa between 1500 and 1900.

Trafficking of women is the common modern form of slavery.

Domestic slavery is still ongoing in countries such as Niger, Pakistan, and Haiti.

In Niger, slavery was only criminalised in 2003 - and the local human rights organisation Timidria estimates 870,000 people are still held in bondage there.

The UN believes 20 million people are enslaved worldwide, the majority of whom are in South Asia.

In Haiti there are 200,000 children kept as restavecs (domestic slaves), mainly in the capital Port au Prince.

Answer 2

I'm assuming that you mean the Atlantic European slave trade from Africa to the Americas... in that case here's your answer:

The first Europeans to arrive on the coast of Guinea were the Portuguese; the first European to actually buy slaves in the region was Antão Gonçalves, a Portuguese explorer. Originally interested in trading mainly for gold and spices, they set up colonies on the uninhabited islands of Sao Tome. In the 16th century the Portuguese settlers found that these volcanic islands were ideal for growing sugar. Sugar growing is a laborious undertaking and Portuguese settlers were difficult to attract due to the heat, lack of infrastructure, and hard life. To cultivate the sugar the Portuguese turned to large numbers of African slaves. Elmina Castle on the Gold Coast, originally built by the Portuguese in 1482 to control the gold trade, became an important depot for slaves that were to be transported to the New World.[3]

Increasing penetration of the Americas by the Portuguese created another huge demand for labour in Brazil, for farming, mining, and other tasks. To meet this, a trans-Atlantic slave trade soon developed. Slave-based economies quickly spread to the Caribbean and the southern portion of what is today the United States. These areas all developed an insatiable demand for slaves. From its beginning it is estimated that some 12 million slaves were taken from Africa to the Americas. The result of this trade is one of the largest migrations in history. These numbers are hotly disputed by scholars, precision is quite difficult, yet today the general consensus is that these numbers are fairly reliable. A small number of slaves were also shipped to Europe while some were also transported to other areas of Africa, mostly to South Africa.[4]

Answer 3

There's no way to know that. Human beings have been owning slaves since we lived in caves. All countries, all societies have own slaves. Slavery is still a problem in the world. People are still being bought and sold.

Answer 4

Slavery did not start with the enslavement of Africans only a few hundred years ago. As long as people have been conquering, the conquered have been enslaved. For thousands of years it has been a source of income to offset the cost of military campaign. After you win you sell off the conquered to make some quick cash. Despite what some would have you believe, it did not start with the evil white Americans. All races have participated in slavery. Many of whom have enslaved their own people.

Answer 5

There are arguments left, right and centre about this, don't believe that chap in the newspaper after chaining himself and apologising. It happened way before him and with agreeing with another country who thought it was a good idea and helped the economy etc. Not quite sure the exact reasons etc, but look in The Daily Mail a couple of days ago about this it will give you insight on other information about this.

Answer 6

Lincon

Answer 7

Jabba the Hutt

Answer 8

Slavery has been going on for thousands of years!

Answer 9

i'd say it was no single person....but slavery has been going on in many places for many many years....i'd say you need to be more specific for a better answer...

Answer 10

The first S.O.B. who had a bigger club
Why work if you can beat someone into doing it ?