TransAtlantic Slave Trade Evolution of Slavery Slavery began

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Evolution of Slavery • Slavery began about 10, 000 years ago • Many civilizations practiced slavery • Slavery not always based on race, but in the Americas, slavery based on race

Slavery in Africa • Slavery existed in Africa for many years, but the spread of Islam increases slavery • African rulers justified enslavement with Muslim belief that non-Muslim prisoners of war could be bought and sold • Results: 4. 8 million Africans are transported to Southwest Asia

Differences in Practice of Slavery… • In African and Muslim societies slaves had some legal rights and opportunities • In Americas slavery is inherited

The Desire For Africans • European colonists forced Native Americans to work Natives died from disease • To re supply labor force colonists saw advantages to using Africans 1. Africans had been exposed to European diseases 2. Many Africans had farming experience 3. Africans= strangers to Americas

Buying and selling Africans for work in the Americas = Atlantic Slave Trade

Spain & Portugal • Spanish began transporting Africans • By mid-1600’s Portuguese surpassed the Spanish

Slavery Spreads Throughout Americas • European nations establish colonies in the Americas- began to import slaves • As English presence grows- dominates Atlantic Slave Trade

African Cooperation and Resistance • Many African rulers saw selling slaves to Westerners same as selling to Muslims • African merchants captured slaves and sold to Europeans • Some African rulers voiced opposition: King Nzinga Mbemba

Triangular Trade • Africans transported to the Americas known as: triangular trade • Europeans transported manufactured goods to the west coast of Africa • African merchants sold captured Africans • Africans transported across the Atlantic Ocean and sold in West Indies • Merchants then bought goods

Trans- Atlantic Slave Trade Triangular Trade Europe Raw materials Manufactured Goods Americas Middle Passage Slaves Africa

The Middle Passage • Voyage brought captured Africans to West Indies and North and South America = Middle Passage • Called this because it was the middle leg of triangle • Brutality, whippings, beatings, disease, over population • 20% of Africans died on board ships

Slavery In Americas • Harsh life- sold to highest bidder and worked • Resistance and rebellion

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