The new world is referred to the Colonial Period and the Old world is referred to as Most of Europe especially England.
Slave Background- slavery had been going on for a very long time. It can be dated back to the time period of Ancient Egypt. The colonies used African Americans and native Americans as slaves.
Atlantic Slavery Trade- Many historians compare this to the Holocaust. Started in the mid 16th century and continued up until the 19th century. Current estimate of the number of slaves brought on ships across the Atlantic is roughly 12 million.
Triangular Trade- it was a trading network that was established in the 16th century to early 29th century. The trade network consisted of the New World, Old world, and Africa. Some of the best exports were. Africa- slaves, Old World- manufactured goods, New world, cash crops(tobacco)
Middle Passage- Term used to refer to the event of sending slaves across the Atlantic to Colonial America. The conditions were terrible, No bathrooms and close quarters. Some slaves would often commit suidcide by not eating or jumping off the ship and would generally drown. If a slave would starve to death the captain would make friends or family of the slave eat the liver and heart of the dead slave. Around 15% ti 20% of the slaves that were shipped over died on the journey there. Dead slaves would be thrown overboard to help avoid disease.
How slaves were captured- many of the slaves were actually sold into slavery by other Africans. This is because the Europeans would bribe the Africans with goods like alcohol and guns. Once they were captured they would walk to the coast and wait for ships. This would sometimes take months for a ship to come. They would be restrained to avoid the slaves escaping which is very inhumane. Also the Europeans would take variety of slaves from different villages so they spoke different languages so they couldn't communicate.
Columbian Exchange- more for the Old World and the New World. Named after Christopher Columbus. They would trade many different food. The New World would trade beans, tobacco, turkeys and more. Old World would trade cattle chickens horses onions peaches and more.
Cause and effects- The biggest cause for slavery is that Colonial America was expanding quickly and the colonists did not have the man power to keep up. Effects- Spread of disease, racial superiority, colonists became lazy, the economy in the South boomed.
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