slavery

Middle passage

slave codes

racism

maroon

Why did slavery in the Americas begin?

• To work on sugar plantations

Why did the Spanish & Portuguese enslave Africans?

• Immune to diseases

• No friends or family

• Permanent cheap labor- children

• Already farmers

How many Africans had been enslaved when the slave trade

ended?• Between 12 -15 MILLION

How did the Spanish try to prevent slaves from rebelling?

• Slave codes- laws to regulate the treatment of slaves

What are examples of bad conditions faced by enslaved

Africans?• Miserable voyage on slave ships

• Being sold at auction

• Separated from families

• Forced hard labor

• Poor food & housing

• Brutal treatment

What are some of the long term effects of slavery in the Americas

today?• Racism continues to exist

Native American Slaves

• Died from overwork & disease

• Rebelled with local help

African slaves

• Immune to most European diseases

• No friends/family to help them resist

• Experienced farmers

Both

• Worked on sugar plantations

• Worked in mines

• Permanent cheap labor