Atlantic Slave Trade

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Slave background

Slavery had been going on for a very long time
It can be dated back to the time period of Ancient Egypt
One of the biggest roles that slavery had in a civilization would have been in Rome
In the colonies, Natives were also slaves but didnt work as well as African Americans

Slave Trade

Triangular Trade

Trading network that was established in the late 16th century to early 19th century
Network consisted of the New World, Old, and Africa
Africa- slaves
Old world- manufactured goods
New world- tobacco

Middle Passage

Term to refer to the event/setting of sending the slaves across the Atlantic to Colonial America
Conditions were terrible
Some slaves would commit suicide by not eating or jumping of the ship
If a slave would to starve to death, the captain of the ship would make friends or family members of the slave eat the liver and heart of the dead slave
Around 15 to 20 percent of the slaves died on the journey
Dead slaves would be known over board to help avoid disease even though there were diseases already being spread on the ships

How they were captured

Many of the slaves were actually sold into slavery by other Africans.
The reason for this is due to the fact that the European explorers would bribe the Africans with manufactured goods like alcohol and guns
Generally the Europeans explorers would conduct the coast raids, but if they went too inland they were considered a threat
Once captured they would walk to the coast and wait for ships
This would sometimes take months for the European ships appear
They would be restrained to avoid the slaves escaping which is very inhumane
Also the Europeans would take variety of slaves from different villages
The reason for this is that Africa has many languages so it was tough for some to communicate

Colombian Exchange

Cause

Biggest cause for slavery is that Colonial American was expanding very quickly and the colonist didn't have the man power to keep up

Effects

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