These tribal feuds, along with slavery, made trade routes extremely dangerous. Africans relied on trade to maintain their economy, so when trade was diminished African cultures collapsed. The Africans no longer had enough power to strike back. The Africans were suppressed to such a degree that even now as you read this, there is something going on that is influenced by the consequences of the slave trade. One of these consequences, probably the most damaging, is racism.
Racism is felt through out the world, everyday.
Slavery was created by ignorance and greed. The slave trade was probably one of the biggest, of many, problems cause by the early Europeans.