1. Nothing, which has happened to man in modern times has been more significant than the buying and selling of human beings out of Africa into America. W.E.B. DuBois

2. Slavery ► Slavery – The state of one forced to produce servitude towards an owner or a household. ► Slavery has occurred through out history since the beginning of time. ► It is not fully known as to how many civilizations were enslaved or captured.

3. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade ► By the 1430’s Africa became known for Gold. ► The Portuguese had begun their exploration to Africa and along the Cape of Good Hope in search of Gold. ► The Portuguese created settlements where they established trading post along the coast. ► Other Europeans explorers soon followed.

4. Before the European’s Came to Africa ► The African people had a very rich and diverse life. ► They were skilled in farming, medicine, mathematics, and astronomy. ► They had a variety of their own culture, language, political system, and their own beliefs.

5. Reasons Behind the Slave Trade ► The demand for production of crops and trade.  Africans and South Americans were use to the tropical climate and could help to produce more in those regions of the Americas. ► The rapid expansion of agriculture in the Americas.  North America  South America  Central America

7. Where Did They Go? ► Africans were taken from four different regions of Africa. (Possibly More regions) ► West, Central, South and North Africa. ► Africans from these regions were traded in Europe, Caribbean, North America, and South America.

8. Impact on Africa ► Africa suffered greatly from the transatlantic slavery.  Families were torn apart  Villages lost their strongest and brightest men and women. Their future leaders of the village.  Food production and farming dropped due to villages being raided and members being kidnapped.

9. Impact on Africa ► Wars between African villages were breaking out because of fear, farmland, revenge. ► Racism was severely spread throughout the world.  A belief of superiority of one to another based on color, gender, religion, culture.

10. How Many Were Affected? ► Although we do not have an exact number of just how many fell victim to the Transatlantic Slave Trade, it is believed to be close to TEN Million. ► During the 16 th century (1500’s) it is estimated the 5,000 people were traded. ► By the 19 th century (1800’s) it is estimated that over 100,000 people were traded across the Atlantic.

11. How Were the Slaves Captured? ► Many of the Africans or Native Americans that were captured were prisoners of a tribal war. ► Debtors or criminals in the villages or tribe. ► Villages were raided by the Europeans. ► Villagers were caught in traps set by enemy tribes, so that they could trade their capture for goods and other items.

12. How Were They Traded? ► All of the trading took place upon large ships. ► Many Europeans would come to the port in Africa or South America and gather/capture/kidnap as many people as they could until a bigger longer trading ship would come to port. ► These ships would be built for that specific purpose  The ship could hold as many as 500 people including crew possibly more.  Slaves would be packed as tightly together as it was possible.  Comfort was not an option.

13. The captured were chained together by arm or leg and each one had a space of 4x4 area or 4x6 area, as well as a 2x4 area.

16. ► The trip through the Atlantic would take about 3 to 5 months. ► Within that time about half of those captured would not survive to see what lay ahead for them.  They would die from: ► Disease – smallpox, dysentery ► starvation

17. Advantage to the Transatlantic Slave Trade ► From the transatlantic slave trade have grown vital and important legacies to the culture of the twenty-first century Americas. ► For more than 400 years, Africans and their descendants contributed the labor that was key to the development of the Americas. ► Slaves labored on farms and plantations, creating wealth and power for their owners. ► They worked as skilled craftsmen, ironworkers, carpenters, dressmakers, cooks, and housekeepers. American economies and institutions thrived on their toil and ingenuity. ► The forced migration of millions of nameless Africans left a permanent imprint on both the Old World and the New. ► When the time came to fight for freedom, these captives did so by the hundreds of thousands. The lessons learned from a people sustained by the hope of freedom remain a powerful legacy even today.

18. Work Cited ► http://www.inmotionaame.org http://www.inmotionaame.org ► http://www.metmuseum.org http://www.metmuseum.org ► http://www.mariner.org/captivepassage