Random Facts
- The new world is referred to as - colonial america
- The old world is referred to as - most of Europe mainly England
Slave Background
- Slavery had been going on for a very long time
- it can be dated back to the Ancient Egypt times
- one of the biggest roles that slavery had in a civilization was in Rome
- They were important in growing food in the latifundias
- Also blacks were not the only slaves native Americans were as well
Slavery trade
- many historians compare this event to the Holocaust
- Started in the 16th century and continued to the 19th century
- current estimate of the number of slaves was roughly 12 million people even though historians thought more were purchased
Triangular Trade
- Was a trading network that was established in the late 16th century to the 19th century
- consisted of the New world Old World and Africa
- Some of the best exports
- Africa - Slaves
- Old World - manufactured goods
- New World - Cash crops (tobacco)
Middle Passage
- Term used to refer to the event/ setting of sending the slaves across the Atlantic to Colonial America
- The conditions were terrible - no Bathrooms and close quarters
- Some slaves would often commit suicide
- IF the slave would starve themselves they would make the family eat the heart and liver
- Around 15 to 20 percent of the slaves that were shipped over the Atlantic died
- Dead slaves would be thrown overboard to help avoid diseases but that didn't work to well
How they were captured
- Many of the slaves were sold by other African Americans
- One reason why was because of bribery with alcohol and other goods
- Generally the European explorer conduct the coast raids, but if they went to far inland they would want nothing to do with it
Slaves: Captured
- Once they were captured they would walk to the coast.
- It would take sometimes months to have the ship arrive
- Also they would take the slaves from many different villages and they had many different languages so it was very hard to communicate with them
Colombian Exchange
- Focuses more the trade network for the Old world to the New World
- Named after Christopher Columbus
- Many different foods from each side
- For the most part it was a positive but it spread some diseases so that was kinda bad
New world
- Turkeys
- Corn
- Peanuts
Old World
- Horses
- pigs
- rice
Causes and Effects
- The biggest cause for slavery os that colonial Ameroca was expanding very quickly and the colonists did not have the man power to keep up
- Effects
- that African villages would strufggle beacasaue they were losing many of there hunters and gatherers
- spread of disease
- racial superiority
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