As their are negative effects their are also many positive effects of the new imperialism too. One positive effect is that when a country conquered another country it often led to a big profit for the conquering country. Like in east Africa many people were sold as slaves to the Middle East, Also Ivory and copper were exchanged for cloth and firearms from India. Another positive effect was the improvement of technology, when people traveled from one place to another they learned more things to help their country out, also when a country got into a battle it forst them to come up with new ideas to win the the battle, for instance the maxim gun. The new technology lead to other improvements like in farming and healthier food.
You are correct that most the positive effects went to the conquerors. However, it's important to note that Europeans in this era were not profiting from slave trade. I believe the point you are remembering is that by the 19th century, the only slave trade in Africa that remained was with the Middle East, and did not involve Europeans.
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