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The Atlantic Slave Trade European World
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Origins of the Slave Trade / 1500s / Africans were enslaved to fill the need for labor in Spain’s American colonies / 1500s / Africans were enslaved to fill the need for labor in Spain’s American colonies
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Origins of the Slave Trade / 1500s / Africans were enslaved to fill the need for labor in Spain’s American colonies / 1500s / Africans were enslaved to fill the need for labor in Spain’s American colonies
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Causes / discovery of the "New World" and the development of plantation economies in the Americas
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Causes / discovery of the "New World" and the development of plantation economies in the Americas / tribal conflict in Africa prior to 1500 / discovery of the "New World" and the development of plantation economies in the Americas / tribal conflict in Africa prior to 1500
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Causes / discovery of the "New World" and the development of plantation economies in the Americas / tribal conflict in Africa prior to 1500 / Arab traders taking slaves to North Africa and the Middle East prior to 1500s / discovery of the "New World" and the development of plantation economies in the Americas / tribal conflict in Africa prior to 1500 / Arab traders taking slaves to North Africa and the Middle East prior to 1500s
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Effects / racism / slave traders justified the slave trade by using racist views to support their actions / they portrayed Africans as "uncivilized” / racism / slave traders justified the slave trade by using racist views to support their actions / they portrayed Africans as "uncivilized”
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Effects / racism / slave traders justified the slave trade by using racist views to support their actions / they portrayed Africans as "uncivilized” / undermined traditional African society / led to warfare and social decline / racism / slave traders justified the slave trade by using racist views to support their actions / they portrayed Africans as "uncivilized” / undermined traditional African society / led to warfare and social decline
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Effects / racism / slave traders justified the slave trade by using racist views to support their actions / they portrayed Africans as "uncivilized” / undermined traditional African society / led to warfare and social decline / cultural diffusion / Africans were moved to: / Europe, North America, South America / racism / slave traders justified the slave trade by using racist views to support their actions / they portrayed Africans as "uncivilized” / undermined traditional African society / led to warfare and social decline / cultural diffusion / Africans were moved to: / Europe, North America, South America
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Slave Trade
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Horrors of the Middle Passage / whippings and beatings were common
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Horrors of the Middle Passage / whippings and beatings were common / disease swept through the vessel / whippings and beatings were common / disease swept through the vessel
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Horrors of the Middle Passage / whippings and beatings were common / disease swept through the vessel / the smell of blood, sweat, and excrement filled the hold / whippings and beatings were common / disease swept through the vessel / the smell of blood, sweat, and excrement filled the hold
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Horrors of the Middle Passage / whippings and beatings were common / disease swept through the vessel / the smell of blood, sweat, and excrement filled the hold / captives often lived in their own vomit and waste / whippings and beatings were common / disease swept through the vessel / the smell of blood, sweat, and excrement filled the hold / captives often lived in their own vomit and waste
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Horrors of the Middle Passage
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/ whippings and beatings were common / disease swept through the vessel / the smell of blood, sweat, and excrement filled the hold / captives often lived in their own vomit and waste / 20 % died of disease or brutal mistreatment / whippings and beatings were common / disease swept through the vessel / the smell of blood, sweat, and excrement filled the hold / captives often lived in their own vomit and waste / 20 % died of disease or brutal mistreatment
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Horrors of the Middle Passage / The Amistad Incident / August 1839 / The Amistad Incident / August 1839
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Amazing Grace
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Amazing grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; Was blind, but now I see. ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed. John Newton Amazing grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; Was blind, but now I see. ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed. John Newton
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William Wilberforce / Member of British Parliament (1784-1812) / close friend of Prime Minister William Pitt / influenced by John Newton / campaigned for the abolition of slavery in the British Empire / Act was passed by 1833 / Member of British Parliament (1784-1812) / close friend of Prime Minister William Pitt / influenced by John Newton / campaigned for the abolition of slavery in the British Empire / Act was passed by 1833
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Amazing Grace - The Movie
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Total Impact / 9.5 million people were moved
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Total Impact / 9.5 million people were moved / at least 2 million died as a result of the trade / 9.5 million people were moved / at least 2 million died as a result of the trade
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