"The Atlantic Slave Trade"
how many years apart did the US and Britain abolish slavery?
32
floating coffins
A name given to slave ships on the 'middle passage' because of the amount of deaths that occurred on them.
commodity
A product or a raw material that can be bought and sold.
Triangular Trade
A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent slaves to America, America sent raw materials to Europe, and Europe sent guns and rum to Africa.
Olaudah Equiano
(c. 1750-1797) African American abolitionist; he was an enslaved African who was eventually freed, became a leader of the abolitionist movement, and wrote The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano.
between 1500's and 1800's- over _______ enslaved Africans were sent to the Americas
10 million
who abolished slavery first? Britain or US?
Britain
the movement to end slavery
abolition
dysentery
an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
slavery has exsisted since ________.
ancient times
wars to ________ took place
capture more slaves
Slave trade led to ____ and the _____________
corruption and the depopulation of Africa
slaves were....
debtors, criminals, prisoners of war
the slave trade also led to _____ and social ____
depopulation and social collapse
most of the Native American population ______ of ________
dies, European diseases
African rulers raided _______ to _______ and sold them to _______.
enemy villages, capture slaves, slave traders
the slave trade led to a ____ of violence
escalate
during the slave trade, healthy, young Africans were _____, they lost future ____, and some cultures _____
exiled, leaders, disappeared
The death rate of the slaves on the Middle Passage was _____, the conditions were _____, so _________
extremely high, incredibly harsh, many died
African rulers traded slaves for ____ and used them to ________.
guns, capture more slaves
Europeans traded ____________ for slaves
guns, cloth, and manufactured goods
what ended slavery and why
industrial revolution... it made slavery less profitable
a ______ was required to grow sugarcanes
labor force
plantations
large farms that usually specialized in the growing of one type of crop for a profit
Americans traded ________ for slaves
molasses, sugar, and cotton
large, agricultural states that produced a single crop
plantations
mutinies
revolts by slaves or captives.
many african rulers viewed slaves as a ___________
source of income
slave trade led to the rise of _______
strong, new states
the slaves journey from Africa to the Americas
the Middle Passage
who brought the first African slaves to the Americas
the Spanish
what made slavery popular?
the colonization of the Americas
African Diaspora
the dispersal of people of African descent throughout the Americas and Western Europe due to the slave trade. 4.2 million slaves were imported.
enslave
to be held captive by another person and forced to do work for them
Triangular Trade
trading network lasting from the 1600s to the 1800s that carried goods and enslaved people between Europe, the Americas, and Africa
captive
unable to escape or get away; to become a prisoner.
the Triangle Trade route connected...
Europe, Africa, and the Americas
crammed
Putting things or people into a place even though there is hardly enough room for them.
The Middle Passage
The journey of slaves from Africa, across the Atlantic, to the West Indies or colonial America, so called because it was the middle portion of the triangular trade route. Many slaves did not survive the trip.
restrain
To keep under control; to keep from action. Example, Slaves were restrained in coastal holding pens and warehouses until European traders arrived by ship.
brutal
Vicious; cruel