Atlantic Slave Trade

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Atlantic Slave Trade

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Evolution

• Existed for years in Africa
• Many were prisoners of war
• European explorers needed workers when native die
  from diseases
• Africans were more immune
• Africans had farming experience and do larger
  jobs
• Unfamiliar with land and tribes- cant hide

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Atlantic Slave Trade

• Buying and selling of Africans for work in the
  Americas
• 1500-1870- 9.5 million were transported
• Spain and Portugal were leaders in trade

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In Americas

• Sugar, tobacco, and coffee plantations
• England would soon dominate trade

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Journey

• Triangular Trade trade network
• European transport goods to Africa and traded for
  captured Africans
• Africans moved and sold in the West Indies
• Bought sugar, coffee, and tobacco and took back
  to Europe and sold products

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Middle Passage

• Voyage that brought Africans to West Indies and
  Americas
• Packed into the holds of ships
• 20 percent died during the trips

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America

• Auctioned off
• Harsh living conditions
• Developed life based on heritage (music and
  stories)

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Consequences

• Africa lost generations
• Families torn
• Guns introduced into Africa spreads war
• Economic and cultural development in Americas
  (labor)
• Farm experience by Africans help
• Africans brought their culture
• Many cultures today have African American
  populations, and mix race populations