1. Discussion
Was it genocide?

2. Columbian Exchange: People

3. Early Exchange, Pre 1580
Of Europeans, only Spanish (139,000) and Portuguese (58,000) Portuguese made the crossing
Reasoning:
God
Glory
Gold

4. Europeans Needed Constant Immigration 12% Indentured Servants
High Death Rates
Unreliable Food
Hard Work
Sickness
Women did not immigrate
Some points only 5%
Started sending orphans and when of “ill refute”
12% Indentured Servants

5. Africans Vast majority were slaves Enslaved the following ways
POWs
Raids for slaves
For debt
Criminals
Sold by Parents
Sold themselves
Made up 60% population before 1640

6. Africans Lives of slaves short Infant mortality low
This meant continuous importation needed
This movement of people called the triangle trade

7. Triangle Trade To Africa: Manufactured goods
To the Americas: Enslaved Africans
To Europe: Raw Materials (Sugar, Cotton, Tobacco)

8. Middle Passage Middle Passage
The section of moving slaves called the Middle Passage
Middle Passage