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The Trans-Atlantic slave trade followed three main stages: 1) Enslaved Africans were captured in their villages and forced to march to coastal trading ports, where they were held until a ship arrived. 2) The Middle Passage involved transporting enslaved Africans in crowded, unsanitary conditions on ships to the West Indies. Many died during the journey. 3) In the West Indies, enslaved Africans were sold at auctions and forced to work without rights on plantations, often facing harsh punishment. They resisted enslavement through revolts, sabotage, and escape. Goods produced by enslaved labor like sugar and coffee were shipped back to Europe for sale.
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Slavery originated in many ancient cultures and involved enslaving people through conquest, debt, or heredity. Between the 1600s-1800s, approximately 18 million Africans were captured and transported via the brutal Middle Passage to the Americas to be sold as slaves. The first African slaves arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in 1609. Slaves faced cruel treatment and were controlled through oppressive slave codes. They resisted through escape, rebellion, and cultural preservation. The Underground Railroad helped fugitive slaves reach freedom. The Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 led to the abolition of slavery across the United States through the 13th amendment.
20.3 the atlantic slave trade (1st period)
The Atlantic slave trade involved the transport of over 9.5 million Africans to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries. It began as a small enterprise in the 1500s but grew massively, with nearly 1.3 million Africans sold as slaves in the 1600s alone. The triangular trade route saw Europeans exchange goods for slaves from African leaders, who then transported the slaves across the Atlantic to be sold to Americans and forced to work plantations. The Middle Passage of this route saw horrific conditions that caused many slave deaths. African slaves faced immense cruelty and hardship through forced labor on American plantations. Some resisted through slow work or rebellion, but the slave trade profoundly impacted societies in Africa, Europe, and the
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The document provides information about the slave trade between Africa, Europe, and the Americas from the 15th to 19th centuries through several sheets with primary sources. Sheet 1 discusses how and why enslavement occurred in Africa prior to European arrival, including through war captives, crimes, and famine. Sheet 2 explains the triangular trade system between the three regions, with Africa supplying enslaved people, America supplying raw goods, and Europe supplying manufactured items. Sheet 3 discusses Britain's increasing involvement in the slave trade for economic gain through trading guns and importing sugar. Sheet 4 describes the harrowing conditions endured by enslaved Africans in the crowded, unsanitary holds of slave ships crossing the Atlantic. Sheet 5 considers the impact
Shipping goods and people
The document summarizes the triangular slave trade that operated between Europe, Africa, and the Americas from the 16th to 19th centuries. It describes how slaves were transported on the Middle Passage from Africa to the Americas in terrible conditions aboard crowded ships, where disease was rampant and millions of slaves died during the journey. The African kingdoms that engaged in the slave trade, such as Dahomey and Asante, grew wealthy but it devastated Africa by depopulating the continent and removing its resources and people.
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This document provides an overview of the history of slavery from ancient times through modern slavery. It discusses slavery in Africa, including enslavement by Arabs and the transatlantic slave trade conducted by European powers. The slaving process is described in six steps from capture to sale. Comparisons are made between slave experiences in different colonies. Resistance by slaves and little known facts about slavery in America are also presented. The document concludes by noting the ongoing problem of modern slavery.
20.3 atlantic slave trade
The document discusses the Transatlantic Slave Trade. It provides reasons for the slave trade, including the demand for labor in European colonies following the death of many Native Americans, and slavery was already present in Africa. It describes how the triangular trade worked, with goods traded for slaves in Africa, slaves transported across the Atlantic via the brutal Middle Passage, and goods traded for profits in the colonies. Africans were seen as beneficial due to immunity to diseases and farming experience. The document also discusses the harsh conditions slaves faced, including overcrowding and disease during the Middle Passage voyage.
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The document summarizes the horrific conditions and treatment that slaves experienced during the transatlantic slave trade. It describes how slaves were forced to walk long distances to coastal forts where they were held in dungeons for up to a year before being packed into ships. During the middle passage, slaves endured unhygienic conditions, disease, and physical abuse while slave codes legalized violence against slaves by plantation owners. The slave system became highly profitable in the southern colonies but imposed brutal punishments and restrictions on slaves.
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The document summarizes the triangular trade network that was central to the Atlantic slave trade between Africa, Europe, and the Americas. It describes the three legs of the triangular route: 1) Ships left Europe for Africa with goods and weapons to obtain slaves through attacks, debts or wars. 2) The middle passage involved transporting enslaved Africans in horrific conditions across the Atlantic to the Americas. 3) Ships then returned to Europe from the Americas loaded with raw goods to manufacture and sell. This network systematically exploited humans for profit through the dehumanizing capture and transport of millions of Africans.
The Longest Memory Background
Slavery was a brutal system that existed in America from 1619 to 1865. Millions of slaves were taken from Africa and forced to work on plantations in the Southern states. Slaves endured horrific conditions, with long work hours, physical punishment, separation of families, and little access to healthcare, education or religious freedom. Though some slaves found ways to resist the dehumanizing system through literacy, faith and escaping, slavery dominated the Southern economy and profoundly shaped American history until the Civil War and Emancipation.
Chapter 4 section 3 2013
The document summarizes the history of slavery in the colonies from the Atlantic slave trade through its establishment and resistance. It discusses how approximately 10 million slaves were brought to the Americas over 300 years through the triangular trade route. Slavery took root in the colonies as the plantation system profited from slave labor and indentured servants were temporary. Laws were passed in the colonies in the 1600s that established slavery as a lifelong condition and restricted slaves' rights. Several slave revolts occurred, leading colonies to enact slave codes with harsher punishments and restrictions to control the enslaved population. African cultural influences persisted more on large plantations where slaves had less interaction with whites.
Atlantic slave trade
The document summarizes the history of slavery in Africa and the Atlantic slave trade. It describes how slavery existed in Africa prior to European contact, with slaves typically being war captives with no rights. The slave trade expanded dramatically with the arrival of Europeans due to demand for slaves in the Americas. Slaves were captured through raids and wars, transported in inhumane conditions where many died, and then sold at auctions and used as labor on plantations. Over 12 million Africans were ultimately transported through this system, devastating Africa's population and economy.
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- 1. Steps of the Trans- Atlantic Slave Trade
- 3. Stage 1 Slave ships from Britain left ports like London, Liverpool and Bristol for West Africa carrying goods such as cloth, guns, ironware and drink that had been made in Britain. Later, on the West African coast, these goods would be traded for men, women and children who had been captured by slave traders or bought from African chiefs.
- 4. Stage 2 African dealers kidnapped people from villages up to hundreds of miles inland. One of these people was Quobna Ottabah Cugoano who described in the autobiography how the slavers attacked with pistols and threatened to kill those who did not obey. They marched the captives to the coast where they would be traded for goods. The prisoners would be forced to march long distances, as Major Galan describes, with their hands tied behind their backs and their necks connected by wooden yokes. On the African coast, European traders bought enslaved peoples from travelling African dealers or nearby African chiefs. Families were separated. The traders held the enslaved Africans until a ship appeared, and then sold them to a European or African captain. It often took a long time for a captain to fill his ship. He rarely filled his ship in one spot. Instead he would spend three to four months sailing along the coast, looking for the fittest and cheapest slaves. Ships would sail up and down the coast filling their holds with enslaved Africans. On the brutal ‘Middle Passage', enslaved Africans were densely packed onto ships that would carry them to the West Indies. There were many cases of violent resistance by Africans against slave ships and their crews. These included attacks from the shore by ‘free' Africans against ships or longboats and many cases of shipboard revolt by slaves
- 5. Stage 3 In the West Indies enslaved Africans would be sold to the highest bidder at slave auctions. Once they had been bought, enslaved Africans worked for nothing on plantations. They belonged to the plantation owner, like any other possession, and had no rights at all. The enslaved Africans were often punished very harshly. Enslaved Africans resisted against their enslavement in many ways, from revolution to silent, personal resistance. Some refused to be enslaved and took their own lives. Sometimes pregnant women preferred abortion to bringing a child into slavery. On the plantations, many enslaved Africans tried to slow down the pace of work by pretending to be ill, causing fires or ‘accidentally' breaking tools. Whenever possible, enslaved Africans ran away. Some escaped to South America, England or North America. Also there were hundreds of slave revolts. Two thirds of the enslaved Africans, taken to the Americas, ended up on sugar plantations. Sugar was used to sweeten another crop harvested by enslaved Africans in the West Indies - coffee. With the money made from the sale of enslaved Africans, goods such as sugar, coffee and tobacco were bought and carried back to Britain for sale. The ships were loaded with produce from the plantations for the voyage home.
- 6. Stage 3 In the West Indies enslaved Africans would be sold to the highest bidder at slave auctions. Once they had been bought, enslaved Africans worked for nothing on plantations. They belonged to the plantation owner, like any other possession, and had no rights at all. The enslaved Africans were often punished very harshly. Enslaved Africans resisted against their enslavement in many ways, from revolution to silent, personal resistance. Some refused to be enslaved and took their own lives. Sometimes pregnant women preferred abortion to bringing a child into slavery. On the plantations, many enslaved Africans tried to slow down the pace of work by pretending to be ill, causing fires or ‘accidentally' breaking tools. Whenever possible, enslaved Africans ran away. Some escaped to South America, England or North America. Also there were hundreds of slave revolts. Two thirds of the enslaved Africans, taken to the Americas, ended up on sugar plantations. Sugar was used to sweeten another crop harvested by enslaved Africans in the West Indies - coffee. With the money made from the sale of enslaved Africans, goods such as sugar, coffee and tobacco were bought and carried back to Britain for sale. The ships were loaded with produce from the plantations for the voyage home.