Discuss the origin and reasons for the trade, the role of European and African traders, the middle passage, and its impact upon Europe, the Americas, and Africa.

The Transatlantic Slave Trade involved the kidnapping, sale, and forced migration of at least 12 million people from the continent of Africa to the Americas from the 1400s to the 1800s. Discuss the origin and reasons for the trade, the role of European and African traders, the middle passage, and its impact upon Europe, the Americas, and Africa.