10/17/17- Tuesday Standards: MWH-1.3, MWH-2.6, MWH-4.7 Objective: I can describe the Atlantic slave trade and the life of enslaved Africans in the colonies. BR: Make a list of all of the facts that you know about slavery.

• Spread of Islam produces more slavery in Africa The Causes of African Slavery Slavery in Africa • Slavery has existed in Africa for centuries, but been a minor practice • Spread of Islam produces more slavery in Africa • In African, Muslim lands, slaves have some rights The Demand for Africans started the Atlantic slave trade—forced movement of many Africans to Americas. Europeans saw advantages in using Africans: 1. Africans had been exposed to diseases and more immune 2. Africans had experience in farming 3. Africans were less likely to escape because they didn’t know the land in America 4. Africans had a skin color that was easy to spot if they did try to flee Continued . . . NEXT

The Causes of African Slavery Continued . . . NEXT

Ask your partner… What would make Europeans think that Africans would sell their own as slaves? Why would Europeans go after Africans as slaves?

Spain and Portugal Lead the Way continued The Causes of African Slavery Spain and Portugal Lead the Way • By 1650, about 300,000 enslaved Africans in Spanish colonies • Portugal brings many more slaves (40%) to sugar plantations in Brazil NEXT

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England Dominates the Slave Trade • From 1690 to 1807, England dominates slave trade • About 400,000 enslaved Africans brought to North American colonies African Cooperation and Resistance • Many African rulers capture people to be sold into slavery • Later, some rulers protest the trade NEXT

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• Triangular trade—trade network linking Europe, Africa, Americas A Forced Journey The Triangular Trade • Triangular trade—trade network linking Europe, Africa, Americas • One trade route: - manufactured goods move from Europe to Africa - people move from Africa to Americas - sugar, coffee, tobacco move from Americas to Europe NEXT

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Ask your partner… Why were Portugal and Spain the early leaders in the slave trade? Why wouldn’t the Europeans go to other places to enslave other people such as people from the Middle East or India or Indonesia?

The Middle Passage • Voyage of enslaved Africans to Americas known as the middle passage • As many as 20 percent of Africans die on these journeys

• In Americas, captured Africans sold at auction to highest bidder Slavery in the Americas A Harsh Life • In Americas, captured Africans sold at auction to highest bidder • Life is difficult: long work hours; poor food, housing, clothing   Resistance and Rebellion • Africans maintain musical, cultural traditions • Some resist by breaking tools or working slowly • Some run away or take part in revolts Survived the Middle Passage, became educated, and earned his freedom by shipping more Africans as slaves to the Americas for the white man. NEXT

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Ask your partner… In what ways did the conditions of the ships in the middle passage work against the interests of the European merchants? In what ways were enslaved Africans treated as property?

Results in Africa and the Americas Consequences of the Slave Trade Results in Africa and the Americas • African societies suffer from loss of so many people • African families disrupted • In Americas, labor of enslaved people helps build new societies • Enslaved Africans affect culture in Americas • Population in Americas changes NEXT

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