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1 Africa Before the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the Trade Itself
Viccisitudes, under-water sculpture by Jason deCaires Taylor. CHY 4U Jason deCaires Taylor, Viccisitudes, accessed Jan. 22, 2017,

2 Africa Before the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Very large and diverse continent History of powerful kingdoms North Africa Islamic conquest in 800s Traders expanded Islam to West Africa Kush/Nubia (in present day Sudan) They ruled Egypt for a while Great Zimbabwe Kongo Huge kingdom in present-day Angola

3 Diverse Peoples and Kingdoms
Europeans referred to African areas as Guinea: Yoruba Edo Igbo Baule Mende Asante Dahomey Kongo Etc.

4 Mali and Songhai Empires in West Africa
Mali Empire: 1200s Mansa Musa converted to Islam Timbuktu world renown Songhai Empire: up to 1550s Sankore University in Timbuktu a centre of learning A. Moore, 8 Facts that Show Timbuktu Is One of the Most Fascinating Cities in History, Atlanta Black Star, accessed Jan. 21, 2017,

5 Spread of Islam UNC School of Education, Learn NC, Africans Before Captivity, accessed Feb. 25, 2016,

6 Trading Ship The Southwell Frigate Tradeing on ye Coast of Africa (c. 1760) by Nicholas Pocock. Port Cities Bristol: Bristol’s Entry into the Slave Trade, Sept. 14, 2010,

7 Trade and Triangular Trade
European trading forts on the African coast Jamaica, one of the biggest destinations for slaves Triangular Trade Ibid,. ;

8 Interactive Map

9 Process Slaves loaded onto a small boat and rowed out to the ship (note the African merchant) A View of ye Jason Privateer (c. 1760) by Nicholas Pocock. Ibid.,

10 Slave Fort Cape Coast Castle, Gold Coast
Jerome S. Handler and Michael L. Tuite, Jr. - Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and the University of Virginia Library. The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record. European Forts and Trading Posts in Africa, Sept. 26, 2010, %20and%20Trading%20Posts%20in%20Africa.

11 Accounts Log book from the ship Black Prince showing slaves bought
Port Cities Bristol: Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery, 20 Sept. 14, 2010,

12 Branding Irons Found in the Wilberforce Museum in Hull, England
Handler and Tuite,

13 Force Leg irons, shackles and chains Handcuffs and leg shackles
Port Cities Bristol, The Ouidah Museum of History – Themes: The Slave Trade, Sept. 15, 2010, Handcuffs and leg shackles

14 Conditions Plan of the ship Brookes, from Thomas Clarkson, History of the Slave Trade Port Cities Bristol,

15 Destinations An ideal plantation, 1762, from Diderot’s Dictionnaire des Sciences Ibid.,

16 Working in the Caribbean
Sugar cane, 1764 Sugar mill, 1762, from Diderot Ibid.,

17 Sugar Boiling House Trinidad, 1830s
Handler and Tuite,


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