Facing Slavery.  We will become familiar with the European Slave trade in West Africa.  Where the slave trade took place  Why they were enslaved 

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Facing Slavery

 We will become familiar with the European Slave trade in West Africa.  Where the slave trade took place  Why they were enslaved  Response to slavery

 The people were famers, miners, craftspeople, or traders  Caravans carried gold and ivory to other countries and in return got salt, cloth, and other goods  Small villages or large cities  Spoke many languages  Many were free but that was going to change…

 Many European traders arrived and enslaved Africans to work on their sugar and tobacco plantations  Eventually the slaves would be transported westward to the Americas  Traded cloth, rum, tobacco and other goods in exchange for the slaves  Others offered guns for slaves, which would alter life in West Africa

 Some refused to take part. Others tried to find slaves outside their community.  War struck as a result of this  Some did not raid other villages, but rather traded people who were already slaves (prisoners during war)  Many had no choice, this was a way to become rich and powerful

 Slaves were hunted, captured, and sold by European merchants and even their own people  Men, women & children all captured  Once captured they would be sent to permanent jails called factories

 We became familiar with the European slave trade in West Africa.  Where the slave trade took place  Why they were enslaved  Response to slavery

 With a partner  Read pages  Complete European Slave Trade in West Africa in your interactive notebooks  Going over after everyone is finished  Finished..  Pretend you are a West African who has just been captured. Write a letter to your family about what happened to you.  Exit slip