When looking at the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and the Trans-Saharan slave trade one will notice great differences between the two. On one side of the slave trade there was excessive abuse towards the slaves, while on the other side there were signs of respect being showed towards the slaves. It is this brutality that will show us the variations in the two slaves trades. These variations will in turn shape the differences in behaviors between the two trades slaves.

The Trans-Atlantic slave trade was not the finest of times for the individuals that were captured and sold into the slave trade. When slaves were captured they were stolen from their families in the light of day by other African ethnic groups. From the point in time of their capture it was a time of hell for them. This was seen in the movie "Roots", when one of the slavers was talking about packing in more slaves into crates on top of each other as if they were sardines. He believed that over stuffing would not be a problem because some were going to die anyway so why not pack more to cover those who do die. This occurred before the captured slaves even reached the boats and it was there that things di

The slaves in the Trans-Saharan trade were not treated nearly bad as those in the Trans-Atlantic trade. As stated above, on the boats during the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, slaves were beaten, raped, starved, as well as many other foul mishaps. The reason that slaves were treated so cruelly was because they were not seen as humans, but only as cargo that brought money. It is because of this that the slavers did not show the slaves any form of respect at all. The only thing that the slavers were concerned about was how much money they were going to receive after dropping off their supplies. This is the only reason they tried to keep some of the slaves healthy and in shape as seen in the movie "Roots."

When looking at the responses of the slaves due to their condition was a big difference. On one side with the Trans-Atlantic slave trade we have a group of slaves who are beaten and starved were more hostile than the slaves of the Trans-Saharan slave trade. After looking at the conditions in which they lived during their journeys was very different. With the slaves in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade as stated before were stuffed in a cargo place as if they were sardines. Therefore, when it was time for them to come up to be washed and exercised they were very hostile towards the slavers and they had the right to be. They resisted against almost every order that was thrown at them because of the way they were treated. They felt that they didn't have to respect anyone of the slavers because they were not shown respect every since they were captured. While on the other hand the slaves in the Trans-Saharan slave trade were a bit more submissive in their situation. The reason they were is because from the day they were captured there was no cruelty in their process. For example, in the book "Shaihu Umar" when the boy was captured he was not hit on top of the head with a log and chased down like an wild animal like the captured slaves in "Amistad" and "Roots." Umar was asked the simple question of if he wanted to see his father, he agreed and he left holding hands with the slave

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