1. The Age of Exploration
The Middle Passage

2. Aim: How were Africans treated on their passage to the New World?
Do Now
Who is mostly to blame for the Atlantic Slave Trade; the African tribes for capturing slaves, the slave merchants for selling slaves, or the Europeans for buying slaves? Explain your answer fully.

3. Aim: How were Africans treated on their passage to the New World?
Why was the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean known as the Middle Passage?

4. Aim: How were Africans treated on their passage to the New World?
The Middle Passage
The Second Leg of the Triangular Trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
From 1500 – 1800 millions of African slaves were forced onto ships and crossed the Atlantic Ocean

5. Aim: How were Africans treated on their passage to the New World?
Describe the conditions that slaves faced aboard a typical slave ship.
What health problems might these conditions lead to?

6. Aim: How were Africans treated on their passage to the New World?
The Middle Passage
Conditions Aboard the Ships
Hundreds of slaves were packed into slave ships with little or no room to move

7. Aim: How were Africans treated on their passage to the New World?
Document #3 Questions
What did slaves fear Europeans were going to do to them?
Why did slaves refuse to eat aboard these long journeys?
Why did the slave traders force slaves to eat?

8. Aim: How were Africans treated on their passage to the New World?
The Middle Passage
Conditions Aboard the Ships
Hundreds of slaves were packed into slave ships with little or no room to move
Slaves were terrified that they were going to be eaten by slave-buying cannibals
Many refused to eat and were force-fed

9. Aim: How were Africans treated on their passage to the New World?
Document #4 Questions
Explain what the underlined passage means.
What other problem did African women face during the Middle Passage?

10. Aim: How were Africans treated on their passage to the New World?
The Middle Passage
Conditions Aboard the Ships
Hundreds of slaves were packed into slave ships with little or no room to move
Slaves were terrified that they were going to be eaten by slave-buying cannibals
Many refused to eat and were force-fed
The officers (and crew) of slave ships sexually abused female slaves

11. Aim: How were Africans treated on their passage to the New World?
Document #5 Questions
Approximately 20% of all slaves died during the Middle Passage. Why?

12. Aim: How were Africans treated on their passage to the New World?
The Middle Passage
Conditions Aboard the Ships
Hundreds of slaves were packed into slave ships with little or no room to move
Slaves were terrified that they were going to be eaten by slave-buying cannibals
Many refused to eat and were force-fed
The officers (and crew) of slave ships sexually abused female slaves
Lack of hygiene and disease caused by overcrowding caused more than 20% of all slaves to die while crossing

13. Aim: How were Africans treated on their passage to the New World?
Summary
It is undisputed that the Middle Passage was a horror for those who were taken and shipped like cattle to the New World. However, there has been much debate about compensating descendants of those slaves for their suffering. Answer the following questions:
Should descendants of African slaves be compensated for the horrors of the Middle Passage?
If yes, explain in one paragraph HOW they should be compensated;
If no, explain in one paragraph WHY they should not be compensated.