1. African Slave Trade

3. A long history of Slavery Slavery was different before the Africans were taken by the European powers Conditions were not as harsh They could often buy their freedom They would become absorbed into the population

4. The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Slaves were considered inferior, as pieces of property, and they were valued only for their labour

5. Why did the new world powers want African slaves? Native Americans were not used labour of this kind The Aboriginals were prone to escape Many Native Americans died from European disease Where does this author place the blame for the evils of slavery?

6. Where did the slaves come from? Slaves were captured by African kings and middlemen in exchange for guns, ammunition, and other goods

7. How many people were enslaved and displaced? Trans-Atlantic imports by region 1450-1900 Region # % Brazil 4 million 35.4 Spanish Empire 2.5 mil 22.1 British West Indies 2.0 mil 17.7 French West Indies 1.6 mil 14.1 B.N.A & U.S.A. 0.5 mil 4.4 Dutch West Indies 0.5 mil 4.4 Danish West Indies 0.028 0.2 Europe 0.2 mil 1.8 Total 11.328 million The Slave Trade by Hugh Thomas Simon and Schuster, 1997

8. The Abolition of Slavery 1794 – Slavery abolished by France. Takes until 1848 to abolish slavery in France’s colonies 1807 – Britain passed the abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1827 – Britain made slave trade piracy punishable by death 1862 – Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation 1870s – European powers fought against the continuation of the slave trade

9. Consequences of the end of the Slave Trade Abolition of slavery would become an excuse for European powers colonizing Africa. Hardship in West Africa’s economy Forced to grow cash crops – increasingly dependant upon the European markets

10. “The White Man’s Burden”

11. Take up the White Man's burden-- Send forth the best ye breed-- Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives' need; To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild-- Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child. Take up the White Man's burden-- In patience to abide, To veil the threat of terror And check the show of pride; By open speech and simple, An hundred times made plain To seek another's profit, And work another's gain. Rudyard Kipling (“The Jungle Book”) published "The White Man's Burden" in 1899. In this poem, Kipling urged the U.S. to take up the “burden” of empire, as had Britain and other European nations. The racial notion of the “White Man’s burden” became a euphemism for imperialism. When an imperial power governs its colonies closely because it believes they can not govern themselves. The imperial powers view their colonies as children!! (MOTHER country)

12. White Man’s Burden in North America Source III “Who am I?”