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The Atlantic Slave Trade. Chapter 16 section 4. Key Terms. Plantation Triangular Trade Middle passage Olaudah Equino Africa Diaspora. The Atlantic Slave Trade. Shortage of labor Needed large numbers of workers - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Atlantic Slave TradeChapter 16 section 4
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Key Terms• Plantation• Triangular Trade• Middle passage• Olaudah Equino• Africa Diaspora
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The Atlantic Slave Trade• Shortage of labor• Needed large
numbers of workers• Plantations- estates
where cash crops such as sugar or tobacco were grown on a large scale• First used Native
Americans
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The Atlantic Slave Trade• European diseases
killed millions• 1600’s plantations
used indentured servants• People worked for a
set amount of time to pay for their passage• These workers were
expensive to support
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The Atlantic Slave Trade • Millions of Africans
were taken to the Americas before slave trade ended in the 1800’s• Most came from west
Africa, Senegal, and Angola• Some slaves exchanged
for firearms, others were kidnapped
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The Atlantic Slave Trade• Captured slaves were
marched to ships • Triangular Trade• First leg were ships
carrying good to Africa• Good exchanged for
slaves• Middle Passage-Africans
brought to the Americas to be sold as slaves
• Third carried rice, sugar, and tobacco to Europe
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Middle Passage• Terrifying ordeal• Africans were
chained together• Forced into dark
quarters below deck• Packed so tight they
could not sit or stand• Journey lasted three
to six weeks
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Middle Passage• 10-20 percent did not
survive the voyage• Those who reached the
Americas were then auctioned off• Olaudah Equiano- wrote
about the condition• Stench was so bad• Women shrieking• People moaning and
dying
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Slavery in the Colonies• Slaves taken to
Americas• Spanish took slaves to
the Caribbean• Portuguese took
millions to Brazil• English took most of
their slaves to the West Indies• Brought large numbers
to the colonies
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Slavery in the Colonies
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Living Conditions• Most slaves worked on
plantations• Others worked in mines,
in towns, and in the countryside• Skilled crafters continued
their craft• Carpenters• Metal workers• Coopers• Women give domestic
duties
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Living Conditions• Had to meet their
basic needs in a short hours after the workday• Daily tasks • Cooking• Mending clothing• Tending to the sick• Had to fit around the
work of the slaveholder
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Living Conditions• Were harsh• Owners and
overseers inflicted physical and degrading punishment for minor offenses• Many slaveholders
lived in fear of rebellion
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Resistance• Laws considered slaves
as property• Had no rights or
freedoms• Slaveholders controlled
living conditions• Slaves endured brutal
treatment and abuse• Coped with inhumane
conditions
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Resistance• Some tried to keep
their culture alive• Some turned to
religion for a better life• Some fought back by• Slowing down their
work• Some destroyed
equipment• Some revolted• Some ran away
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Effects of the Slave Trade• Lasted for 400 years• Estimates of 15-20
million slaves were shipped to the Americas• Millions more to
Europe, Asia, and the Middle East• Millions died from
marching to the coast and on slave ships
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Effects of the Slave Trade• Slavery deprive millions
of their freedom and doomed their descendants to slavery• Captured many of the
strongest and future leaders• African waged war
their own people and neighbors to gain captives
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Effects of the Slave Trade• Forced labor did not
enrich Africa• African labor built the
economies of American colonies• Knowledge of agriculture
led to growth of the rice industry• African Diaspora-
dispersal of African culture to the western world
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African Diaspora