The Atlantic Slave trade

How many slaves were sold to the British north colony?

400,000 African slaves and were sold to the British North American colonies, the slave population grew by 1830 to 2 million in the U.S.

Devasted Afrcian societies

Bye introducing guns into the continent.

Slaves contributed greatly

Economically and culturally with their labor for the development of the Americas

Stono rebellion

In 1739 slaves in South Carolina led an uprising known as the stone rebellion the upsrisinfs continued until into the 1800s.

England dominates slave trade

It came to dominate he Atlantic slave trade, from 1690 England abolished the slave trade in 1807, it was the leading carrier of enslaved Africans. By the time he slave trade ended nearly 1.7 million Africans were brought to the West Indies colonies.

Muslim Belief

Non Muslims prisoners of war could be bought and sold as slaves.

More Resistance

Slaves pushed their resistance to open revolt, in 1522 20 slaves on Hispaniola attached and killed several Spanish colonists. Larger revolts occurred in the Spanish settlements during the 16th century.

Spain and Portugal lead the way

Spain moved on from the Caribbean and began to colonize on the American main land, by 1650 300,00 Africans labored throughput soaknsh America on plantations and in gold and silver mines.

Continuing

The Africans were than transported across the Atlantic and sold in the West Indies, Merchans bought tobacco, coffee and sugar. Than the merchants sailed to Europe with these products, Another Trade route carries rum and other stuff from the New England colonies to Africa.

The demand for Africans

The Portuguese during the 1400s were the first Europeans to explore Africa, they were interested in trading for gold than captured Africans.

Continuing

The Portuguese has surpassed the Spanish, during the 1600 Brazil dominated the European Sugar market. They needed more labor so in the 17th century more than 40% of Africans brought to the Americas went to Brazil.

Slavery was what type of condition

A lifelong hereditary one.

Atlantic slave trade

A massive enterprise.

African Rers and Merchants

African merchants and rulers helped capture Africans to be enslaved, they delivered them to the Europeans in exchange for gold, guns and other goods.

Their expertise

Africans brought their art, music, religion, and food to influence American societies.

Resistance and Rebellion

Africans developed a way of life based on cultural heritage, they kept alive their musical traditions and stories of their ancestors.

Why was it better for slave owners to use Africans instead of Native Americans?

Africans has experience in farming and could be taught plantation work, ha sheen exposed to European diseases but they built up some immunity, if they escaped it was easy to catch them because of their skin color.

Triangular Trade

Africans transported to the Americas were part of a transatlantic network called the Triangular Trade. One trade route Europeans transported manufactured goods was to the West Coast of Africa.

What year did the Atlantic slave trade end?

Around 1870, and about 9.5 Africans were imported to te Americas.

What years were the Africans transported to the Americas?

Between 1500 and 1600, 300,000 Africans we're transported to the Americas. The next century that number increased to 1.3 million.

How many were transported?

Between 650 and 1600, Muslims transported about 17 million Africans to the Muslim islands of North Africa and South West Asia.

Continuing

There they exchanged their merchandise for Africans, they than transported the Africans to the West Indies sold for sugar and molasses, thu than sold these goods to run producers in New England.

Harsh life

Many lives on little food in small dreary huts worked long days in mines, farms or domestic servants and even took beatings.

Slavery in Africa

The spread of Islam into Africa during thre seventh century increased the slavery.