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Middle Passage: was the slave trade from Africa to the Americas.
-Slaves were chained and captured so they could become slaves. They were loaded into ships and had to stay belowdecks. Really crowded. Not a clean environment; many deaths caused by disease.
Causes and Effects during Exchange Period: diseases that the Europeans were immune to were spread to the slaves and many slaves died from them.
-Exchanged: Food, goods, and precious metals were exchanged for slaves.
-Shackles were worn, and diseases were caught because of the open wounds on their wrists.
Columbian Exchange: named after Christopher Columbus, a route between Europe, Africa, and America.
-There were many different crops in the New World (America) which made trade fairly successful. Animals and livestock made trade popular as well. Diseases among the slaves was common, and they would try to jump off of the slave ships to try to swim somewhere or just to commit suicide.
How the Slaves were Captured: taken by groups out to the ships, and in about 10 years, there were millions that had been transported from Africa to the Americas.
-Europeans went on night-raids and captured many of the slaves--mostly the strong ones that would work well for future slave owners. Force and guns were used to capture all of the slaves. Children were abandoned after their parents were captured.
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