1. 7Y Friday Main: waffles, syrup, egg patty Alternate: personal cheese pizza sides: carrots, fruit
Objectives: Identify the role of Europeans and West African in the development of the Atlantic Slave trade.
Agenda:
DO Now: Copy and define the key terms and people from chapter 2 section 5: The Beginnings of Slavery.
Read, discuss, and take notes on Ch 2.5
Study for your quiz on Monday – European Presence in the New World

2. Chapter 2.5 Beginnings of Slavery Key Terms
Immune - a natural resistance to a disease.
Middle Passage - the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that enslaved Africans were forced to endure.
African Diaspora – enslaved Africans were sent all across the New World. Diaspora means the scattering of people .

3. Review: West African Slavery
West African Slaves in West Africa were valuable trade items. Having slaves raised the status of the owner.
made kingdoms very rich and well-known: Ghana, Mali, Songhai
People became slaves when they were conquered by other tribes, if they were criminals, or if they had a debt.
Slaves did work for slave owners without pay. Manual labor and domestic chores.
Life: more like servants, were not treated so brutally, sometimes slaves could gain social status – military generals, can buy their freedom, if they had kids their kids were not automatically slaves. Many times they were treated like members of the household. They could even accrue/build up wealth and power.

4. Quiz on Monday – European Presence in the New World
Spanish, English, French, and Dutch – how and why they came to the Americas. What was their life like here?