1. The Atlantic Slave Trade
Chapter 16
section 4

2. Key Terms
Plantation
Triangular Trade
Middle passage
Olaudah Equiano

3. The Atlantic Slave Trade
Shortage of labor
Needed large numbers of workers
Plantations- estates where cash crops such as sugar or tobacco were grown on a large scale
First used Native Americans

4. The Atlantic Slave Trade
European diseases killed millions
1600’s plantations used indentured servants
People worked for a set amount of time to pay for their passage
These workers were expensive to support

5. The Atlantic Slave Trade
Millions of Africans were taken to the Americas before slave trade ended in the 1800’s
Most came from west Africa, Senegal, and Angola
Some slaves exchanged for firearms, others were kidnapped

6. The Atlantic Slave Trade
Captured slaves were marched to ships
Triangular Trade
First leg were ships carrying goods to Africa
Goods exchanged for slaves
Middle Passage-Africans brought to the Americas to be sold as slaves
Third carried rice, sugar, and tobacco to Europe

8. Middle Passage Terrifying ordeal Africans were chained together
Forced into dark quarters below deck
Packed so tight they could not sit or stand
Journey lasted three to six weeks

9. Middle Passage 10-20 percent did not survive the voyage
Those who reached the Americas were then auctioned off
Olaudah Equiano- wrote about the condition
Stench was so bad
Women shrieking
People moaning and dying

10. Slavery in the Colonies
Slaves taken to Americas
Spanish took slaves to the Caribbean
Portuguese took millions to Brazil
English took most of their slaves to the West Indies
Brought large numbers to the colonies

11. Slavery in the Colonies

12. Living Conditions Most slaves worked on plantations
Others worked in mines, in towns, and in the countryside
Skilled crafters continued their craft
Carpenters
Metal workers
Coopers
Women give domestic duties

13. Living Conditions
Had to meet their basic needs in a short hours after the workday
Daily tasks
Cooking
Mending clothing
Tending to the sick
Had to fit around the work of the slaveholder

14. Living Conditions Were harsh
Owners and overseers inflicted physical and degrading punishment for minor offenses
Many slaveholders lived in fear of rebellion

15. Resistance Laws considered slaves as property
Had no rights or freedoms
Slaveholders controlled living conditions
Slaves endured brutal treatment and abuse
Coped with inhumane conditions

17. Resistance Some tried to keep their culture alive
Some turned to religion for a better life
Some fought back by
Slowing down their work
Some destroyed equipment
Some revolted
Some ran away

18. Effects of the Slave Trade
Lasted for 400 years
Estimates of million slaves were shipped to the Americas
Millions more to Europe, Asia, and the Middle East
Millions died from marching to the coast and on slave ships

19. Effects of the Slave Trade
Slavery deprived millions of their freedom and doomed their descendants to slavery
Captured many of the strongest and future leaders
African waged war their own people and neighbors to gain captives

20. Effects of the Slave Trade
Forced labor did not enrich Africa
African labor built the economies of American colonies
Knowledge of agriculture led to growth of the rice industry