TRAS-Atlantic slave trade

What did Europe trade

Cloth, tea, silver, weapons, sugar, beer, copper

Cause/ backgroud of triangle trade ( the Americas)

Demand for sugar, labor demand, small pox which stopped slaves from being captured by Europeans

How many Africans came to America

12 million men women and children

What was traded during each leg of the triangle trade

1st leg- European ships brought manufactured good to Africa 2nd- Africa transported men women and children to the Americas 3rd- America transported sugar, rum, Cotten, and tobacco to Europe

Why Africa?

Africans were immuned to European diseases, Africans seemed weak by Europeans, darker skinned facilitated race based classes

Causes/ background triangle trade (Africa)

Already slaves, open for. Trading gold because there was limited trade bc of spread of malaria

What impact did the slave trade have on Europe?

Europe's economy rose

Key cities envolved in slave trade ?

European ports: Bristol, Liverpool, London and England Amsterdam: holland and Netherlands Africa:Luanda, whydah, bonny

What did Africa trade?

Gold, ivory, hardwood, slaves

What did the Americas trade?

Rum, Tabacco, weapons, sugar, coffee, cotton, fish,

How did Africans participate in triangle trade

Slaves already existed in some tribes so they were sold by chiefs, certain traders wanted to benifit from guns

List factors why the triangle trade happened

Sugar became in high demand, industrial revolution was beginning, Europeans had guns to attack and Africans didn't

Causes and backgroud of the triangle trade (Europe)

Supply and demand, European exploration to Mecca/ Islam, inferiority complex

What is the middle passage?

The African Americans part of the voyage, lasted 1-3 months and lots of violence was involved. Also more than 800 people were put on the ships during the voyage and were treated inhumane

What role did the Portuguese play in development

The Portuguese established sugar plantations using enslaved labor, sparked slave trade

What led to the slave trade

The sugar trade in America and Europe needed more labor

How long was the triangle trade?

The triangle trade lasted from 1518- 1850

When did the us abolish the slave trade? When did slavery actually end?

The us abolished slave trade from Africa effective in January 1808 even though slave trading became illegal and continued unabated until 1860

What events lead to slaves being traded to the new world

War, slave rading, political struggles