Plantations in the 1700s demanded high numbers of slaves to work the land, transporting over 78,000 African slaves annually across the Atlantic despite many Native Americans dying or escaping from enslavement. The slave trade continued briskly due to consistently high demand for forced labor on the plantations.

2. The Demand for Slaves

3. Plantations

4. • Enslaves Native Americans
– Many died from diseases working conditions or
ran away

7. 1700s
• By the 1700s 78,000 African slaves were being
transported across the Atlantic each year
• Did not slow down the industry of slaves
– Still extremely high demand

9. Slave Ships