1. Chapter 3, Section 3: Africans Come to the Americas

2. 1400s: Trade between Africa and Europe begins
1400s: Trade between Africa and Europe begins. Prosperous trading states in east and west Africa develop.

3. As traders from different countries mixed, strong culture developed.

4. Languages like Swahili (a mix of Arab and African words) began to develop.
Swahili is spoken in these African countries today.

5. Profits from trade helped build strong city-states.
MALI
SONGHAI

6. The MALI Kingdom & MANSA MUSA

7. Mansa Musa was an extremely wealthy ruler
Mansa Musa was an extremely wealthy ruler. He traveled to Egypt, where his riches impressed all he met.

11. Mosque that might have been visited by Mansa Musa.

12. The Songhai Kingdom & the city of Timbuktu

13. Timbuktu boasted over 100 schools!

14. Timbuktu today

15. Timbuktu mosque

16. Old Timbuktu manuscripts

17. Village and Family Life
Farming:
Most people in Africa lived in small villages and farmed.
In rain forests, many grew yams and other crops.
In the grasslands, millet, rice, and other grains were important crops.
The Kinship Network:
Family life was very important to Africans.
This encouraged a strong sense of community and
cooperation.
Religious ceremonies honored ancestors and the
spirits of the Earth.
Farming properly brought honor to the family.

18. The African Slave Trade

19. Slavery had been part of the African social system since ancient times
Slavery had been part of the African social system since ancient times In many African societies, slaves were a part of the community.

20. In the 1400s, Europeans get involved with the slave trade when Portugal began trading with African city-states. * The Portuguese were interested in gold, ivory and other African goods. * By 1500, they were also interested in slave labor.

21. Affonso, the African leader of the Kongo, protested the slave trade.

22. By the 1500s, Spain was building a vast empire in the Americas.

23. At first, Native Americans were treated as slaves, doing much of the hard labor. Deadly European diseases killed many of them.

24. Bartolome de Las Casas fought hard for the rights of the Native Americans.

25. While he fought for the rights of natives, he also suggested that Spain utilize African slave labor in the Americas instead. WHY?

26. Las Casas argued that African slaves were: 1. Used to hard work. 2
Las Casas argued that African slaves were: 1. Used to hard work. 2. Immune to the diseases that were so deadly to the Native Americans. Spain began to look to Africa, where there was already a thriving slave trade, for slave labor to bring to the Americas.

27. By 1600, slaves were being traded in Spanish, Portuguese, English, Dutch, and French colonies.
SLAVE INSPECTION

28. Between 1500 and 1800, up to 10 MILLION African slaves were sent to the Americas. Most of them to Brazil and the Caribbean, where they labored to raise sugar cane and other valuable crops.

29. The Middle Passage

30. The boat journey slaves took to the Americas is known as The Middle Passage.

31. Slaves were crammed into impossibly tight and filthy quarters
Slaves were crammed into impossibly tight and filthy quarters. Roughly 10% of the slaves transported to the Americas died from these conditions.

32. Some slaves died trying to escape a life of slavery.

33. The Atlantic Slave Trade lasted 400 years and killed up to 3 million Africans.

34. The tools of slavery.

35. REVIEW

36. How did trade effect the culture of East Africa?

37. IT LINKED DIVERSE CULTURES, CARRIED ISLAM TO EAST AFRICA, AND FINANCED THE RISE OF STRONG CITY-STATES

38. About how many schools were located in Songhai’s Timbuktu?

39. About 100

40. How did the slave trade change after Europeans arrived in Africa?

41. Europeans wanted slaves; African slave traders raided the interior to meet this demand; enslaved Africans were sent across the Atlantic.

42. Describe the conditions of the Middle Passage.

43. Africans were crammed into small, filthy spaces below deck; disease spread rapidly, causing many deaths; some jumped overboard.

44. The End of 3-3 Slideshow.