1. Slave Trade: 1500’s-1800s
Unit 7: Africa

2. Slavery 10 to 15 million slaves sent to the New World
Purchased from Gold Coast and Slave Coast (West Africa)

3. Middle Passage Slaves traveled in the “Middle Passage”
Suffered disease, maltreatment, suicide, and psychological depression.
1 out of 6 slaves died on “Middle Passage”
Slaves and European Crew both had the same death rate

4. African Kingdoms
Europeans traded with the African rulers: guns for slaves
African kings obtained slaves from prisoners of war captured in conflicts between African kingdoms

5. Effects on Africa Sometimes, disrupted whole societies
African Diaspora
African culture was spread throughout the world