1. The Atlantic Slave Trade
In this investigation you will complete a PowerPoint
presentation made up of eight slides.
By the end of the investigation you will have developed an understanding of the causes, nature and legacy of this foul trade in human beings.
Each slide contains a title and instructions.
Each slide contains hyperlinks to websites that will provide information to help you.
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2. The Atlantic Slave Trade
An Internet Investigation by
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3. What was the Atlantic Slave Trade?
In this section write an answer to the question at the top of the page.
You will need to explain what it was and who was involved.
These links will help you.
Merseyside Maritime Museum
Port Cities: Liverpool
The BBC's H2G2 site
Answers.com
Antislavery.org

4. How did the Atlantic Slave Trade develop?
In this section write a brief history of the Atlantic Slave Trade, explaining which
European countries were involved in it.
These links may help you.
Merseyside Maritime Museum
Answers.com

5. What was the Trade Triangle?
The Atlantic Slave Trade was one side of a triangular trade that linked Europe, the
west coast of Africa and the Americas.
In this section write an answer to the question at the top of the page.
These links will help you.
Mersyside Maritime Museum
Port Cities: Liverpool
The BBC's H2G2 site
Google Images (choose one for this page)
Answers.com

6. Why was there an Atlantic slave trade?
In this section write about the reasons for Atlantic trade in slaves.
What was exported to Africa, why were the slaves taken to the Americas and
what was taken back to Europe from America and the Caribbean?
These links will help you.
Merseyside Maritime Museum - European Profits
Merseyside Maritime Museum - Merchant’s letter to Captain Earle
The Bottom of the Triangle: The economic role of the Middle Passage

7. What was the Middle Passage?
The Middle Passage was the name given to the second stage of the triangular
north Atlantic trade. Explain about where it ran between and what it carried.
These links will help you.
History on the Net
Africans in America - The Middle Passage

8. What was it like on the Middle Passage?
Answer the question at the top of the screen by describing conditions on the
Middle Passage.
These links will help you.
Africans in America - The Middle Passage
Eyewitness History: Aboard a Slave Ship, 1829
Eyewitness: Olaudah Equiano describes the Middle Passage

9. The legacy of the Middle Passage
In this section write about the way in which the Middle Passage affected people
the time and people today. Include
estimates of how many Africans were enslaved
the effect on the peoples of west Africa
the effect that slavery had on the experience of African Americans
These links will help you.
MSN Encarta: Effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade on Africa
Liverpool Museums: Legacy of the Middle Passage