 Between slave traders sent 10 million Africans across Atlantic

 1400’s- Portugal’s Prince Henry was looking for sea route around Africa to India  Explorers sent to map Africa  Explorers traded with people of West Africa  Some Europeans bought slaves on way home but majority did not  No need for slaves But why was there no need for slaves?

 Europeans begin to settle Americas  A large labor force needed to make the colonies more $$$$$$$$$$  Native Americans used at first  Europeans turned to Africans because of racist views towards Africans of superiority  First African slaves arrive in America (Jamestown, Virginia) in 1619

 Forcing people into slavery started in the 1500’s  Some slaves were captured in wars  Some slaves sold themselves  WHY?  Guns, alcohol, sea shells  Slavery existed on a small scale in Africa

 Everything changed in the 1700’s  6 million slaves traded in this century alone  Many did not survive, disease spread quickly

 As profit$ increased, so did the demand for slaves  Whites justified treating Africans as property largely because of racism

 European slave traders gave African rulers weapons to get more slaves  Africans turned on each other  People did resist with little success  Atlantic Slave Trade lasted 400 years  In that period million Africans sold into slavery

 Sugar is at the center of the Triangle Trade  Slaves on Caribbean sugar plantations produced Molasses  Molasses transported to New England for distillation into Rum  Rum was shipped to Africa  Africa in turn shipped more slaves to Caribbean ARRRRRG. Do you salty dogs know what molasses is?

 Groups began discussing human rights- Many opposed slavery  Quakers led part of this movement  Britain outlaws Slave Trade  (Slave trade still exists illegally and slavery was still legal)  Britain outlaws slavery-Exists in the U.S. until the Civil War

 Industrialization  Slavery became less profitable with advancement of new technology

 Encouraged wars and increased tension  Tribes began attacking other tribes  Tribes received weapons for slaves  African states grew as a result of the weapons they received

 Slave Raiders took strong men and women- This left tribes in trouble  They could not defend themselves  Hard to plant and harvest  Produced little crops which = starvation, famines

 Millions of Africans sent overseas  Survivors struggled to hold onto their culture  Diaspora spread ideas, customs, and beliefs of African people all over  Music, traditions, proverbs, songs food