The Slave Trade

Trade in the new world

Slavery had existed in Africa for centuries.African Muslims used non-Muslim POWs as slaves

About 17 million were transported to Northern Africa or Southwest Asia.

Slavery in Africa

When Europeans colonized the Americas, Sugar plantations, tobacco farms, and gold mines needed a large amount of workers.They were going to use the NativesMost Native Americans had died from disease

Why did the americas need slaves?

Africans had already been exposed to European diseases and wouldn’t die as quickly as the Natives did.

Africans had farming experience.Africans were less likely to escape

Skin color -New land -

Advantages of using africans

Atlantic Slave Trade: the buying & selling of Africans to work in the Americas beginning in the 1500s

By the time the slave trade ended in 1870, 9.5 million slaves had been imported to the Americas.

40% of those went to Brazil 40% of those went to the Caribbean

5% of those went to North America

The Atlantic Slave Trade

African rulers & merchants would capture Africans and bring them to the ports to trade or sell. In return, rulers & merchants would get gold, guns, & other goods.

African Cooperation

The routes and trading networks that slaves were traded along were called Triangular Trade. It was made up of 3 passages.

Triangular Trade

Triangular Trade

Outward Passage: Ran from Europe to Africa. Here manufactured goods were traded for slaves.

Middle Passage: Ran from Africa to the New World. Here slaves were traded for goods or crops like sugar, coffee, or tobacco.

Return Passage: Ran from the New World to Europe. Here goods are taken to Europe to be turned into manufactured goods.

Triangular Trade

This leg of the Triangular Trade network was known as a nightmare for captured Africans.

This trip could take 5-12 weeks

About 20% of the Africans died before they reached the New World

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The Middle Passage