Transatlantic Slave Trade By: Anthony Watson, Violet Thomas-Bush, Catherine Dees, Rafael Gomez

Scarcity of resources played a role in slave trade because when the native americans started to die from disease the spaniards had a scarcity of labor. They traded food and weapons for slave labor to do their work. For a long time Africans traded with Europe which made them immune to their disease.

This trade shaped modern American culture because most of the slaves they had were african american. They continued to have mostly african american slaves until December 6, 1865. Even after slavery ended blacks and whites were divided in America. Blacks had worse conditions such as, they had to go to the bathroom in “colored only” bathrooms and when they went to a restaurant they weren't allowed to sit in certain areas. This continued until July 2, 1964 when Jim Crow laws were abolished.

The triangular trade in the case of the slave trade was when the New World would trade goods and materials like tobacco, sugar, potatoes, and cotton with European countries for slaves, weapons, rum, and cloth. During travel to the New World conditions for slaves were terrible. Slaves were forced onto ships in chains in groups up to 400. With the ships not being very big slaves had very little room to move.

The slaves did most of the jobs on the farm such as, picking cotton, planting crops (like tobacco), and collecting food such as corn and other vegetables. They also did jobs around the house like cleaning, cooking, nursing, weaving, carpentry, butchering, and worked in factories if there owner had one.

12.5 million African slaves were shipped to the New World during the Transatlantic Slave Trade from 1528 and 1866. Only 10.7 million slaves survived the journey and many more died in America due to bad health and treatment.

The Africans were forced to migrate across the Atlantic Ocean The Africans were forced to migrate across the Atlantic Ocean. They left behind a homeland filled with different cultures and traditions. African slaves came from a continent made up of many countries with thousands of different languages. They practiced different religions and had different customs. At least 2 million slaves died in transit.

“It begins with his childhood memories of life in Africa, and goes on to tell of his abduction and sale into slavery, and his life as a slave and eventually as a free man. Equiano writes about the horrors of crossing the Atlantic Ocean (the ‘Middle Passage’, as this part of the voyage was called). He refers to the ‘galling of the chains’, that is, the chafing or soreness made by the iron shackles and chains rubbing skin raw. “-personal account of enslaved African

Questions for the class Why do you think slaves were treated so badly? How do you think slavery lead to other significant events in american history? Why do you think the people in the new world made them do so many jobs that they themselves could do? 'I Shall Never Forget the Weeping'- slave journals New York Times

Websites we used: “BBC World Service | The Story of Africa.” BBC News, BBC, www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/1624_story_of_africa/page53.shtml. “Black Peoples of America - Work Done By Slaves.” History, 11 May 2017, www.historyonthenet.com/black-peoples-of- america-work-done-by-slaves/. Edwards, Breanna. “Federal Judge Officially Dismisses Guilty Verdict Against Joe Arpaio, Who Purposefully Ignored Court Order, Illegally Detained Latinos While Sheriff.” The Root, Www.theroot.com, 5 Oct. 2017, www.theroot.com/federal-judge- dismisses-guilty-verdict-against-ariz-sh-1819169002. “How Many Slaves Landed in the U.S.?” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 19 Sept. 2013, www.pbs.org/wnet/african- americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/how-many-slaves-landed-in-the-us/. “Jim Crow Laws.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/freedom-riders-jim- crow-laws/. Kennedy, Randy. “Word for Word/Slave Journals; 'I Shall Never Forget the Weeping'.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 19 June 2004, www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/weekinreview/word-for-word-slave-journals-i-shall-never-forget-the-weeping.html. Copy & paste citation Slavery Project, 2009, abolition.e2bn.org/slavery_43.html./story/opinion/2014/02/10/black-history-slavery-dewayne- wickham-column/5341129/. “

Websites we used Pt.2 Slavery Project, 2009, abolition.e2bn.org/slavery_43.html./story/opinion/2014/02/10/black-history-slavery-dewayne- wickham-column/5341129/. “Slave Trade.” European Imperialism, worldwideimperialism.weebly.com/slave-trade.html. “The Middle Passage.” Digital History, www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=446. The Transatlantic Slave Trade.” AAME :www.inmotionaame.org/print.cfm;jsessionid=f8302740821507000906518?migration=1&bhcp=1. The transatlantic slave trade” by Richard Alexander pg.8 Wickham, DeWayne. “Wickham: Do You Know When Slavery Began and Ended?” USA Today, Gannett Satellite Information Network, 10 Feb. 2014, www.usatoday.com“The Triangular Trade.” The Triangular Trade: The Abolition of (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. “As Slave Trade Abolition Is Celebrated, Millions of Africans Continue to Live as Slaves | Globalization | DW | 24.03.2015.” DW.COM, www.dw.com/en/as-slave-trade-abolition-is-celebrated-millions-of-africans- continue-to-live-as-slaves/a-18337189.

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