1. Slavery in the Americas

2. Today’s Objectives Describe the Triangle Trade and what was traded.
Explain what is meant by the “middle passage.”
Describe the evolution of the African Slave Trade and its consequences.

3. The Triangle Trade
Trade route with three legs.

4. Leg 1
Guns, cloth, iron, and beer are taken to Africa.

5. Leg 2 – The Middle Passage
Africans’ voyage across the Atlantic to the New World to be used as slaves in the plantation system.

6. Leg 3
Sugar is taken to Europe to be made into rum.

7. Triangular Trade linked:
Europe
Africa
Americas

9. The “Middle Passage”
“I’m in the belly of the beast, the bottom of the boat, And home is a place I'll never get to go.”

10. Coffin Position Below Deck

11. HowStuffWorks Videos "Assignment Discovery: Triangular Trade and Slave Ships"

12. The Evolution of African Slavery
Some Native Americans died from fighting the Europeans but the majority died of disease.
African slaves were better at fighting off diseases.
Old world
Immunities that built up over time
As colonies expanded, the demand for slaves grew.
“Cash Crops” (sugar and rice) = need for lots of labor
Fewer indentured servants were coming from England

13. Slavery in the Americas
African slaves were auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Slaves worked in mines or fields or as servants.
Lifetime of bondage that was carried on for generations.
Slaves kept African traditions alive – music & stories
Resistance and rebellion

14. Consequences in Africa
African cultures lost their fittest, best people.
African families were separated.
Introduction of guns.

15. Consequences in the Americas
Led to growth of the colonies
Economic
Cultural
Led to economic and social divisions  Civil War
Intermarriage and mixed race populations

16. HowStuffWorks Videos "Assignment Discovery: About Slavery in America“