It took many years for the atlantic slave trade to truly cease to exist but across the world that process began in in the early 1800, however it takes time, and we don't see the last slave ships reach american soils until the 1860s. But the end of the slave trade most certainly did not mean the end of racism. In today episode of The Z Files I cover the end of the atlantic slave trade as its lasting effect on our social political world order. sources: The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you - Anthony Hazard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NXC4Q_4JVg The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnV_MTFEGIY Details of Brutal First Slave Voyages Discovered - https://www.history.com/news/transatlantic-slave-first-ships-details Congress abolishes the African slave trade - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-abolishes-the-african-slave-trade The Atlantic Slave Trade Continued Illegally in America Until the Civil War - https://www.history.com/news/us-illegal-slave-trade-civil-war Transatlantic Slave Trade Causes and Effects - https://www.britannica.com/summary/Transatlantic-Slave-Trade-Causes-and-Effects CHRONOLOGY-Who banned slavery when? - https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-slavery/chronology-who-banned-slavery-when-idUSL1561464920070322 How Britain is facing up to its hidden slavery history - https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200205-how-britain-is-facing-up-to-its-secret-slavery-history#:~:text=If%20we%20hear%20at%20all,more%20of%20an%20open%20wound