1. Slavery

2. Economics

3. Triangular Trade A diverse system of trade
1. Finished products (rum) sent from New England to Europe & Africa
2. Once in Africa, slave traders pick up slaves – transport to West Indies.
3. Pick up sugar/molasses for New England where is was distilled into rum.
Pattern repeated itself over and over.

4. Triangle Trade Routes

5. Middle Passage

6. Capture of Africans on the West Coast

7. Shackles, Manacles, and Padlocks Used in the Slave Trade, early 19th century.

9. Two examples of “tight pack” loading
One slave in five died during the “middle passage”
Slaves were in the hold for two days and then brought out on deck to be “danced” and “washed”

11. Africans Thrown Overboard from a Slave Ship, Early 19th cent.

12. Punishment on board a slave ship

13. Africans forced to “dance” on ship decks

14. Caption reads: "Of this mixture [gunpowder, lemon-juice, and palm oil,] the unresisting captive received a coating, which by the hand of another sailor, was rubbed into the skin, and then polished with a 'danby-brush,' until the sable epidermis glistened like a newly-blacked boot"