1. 20.3: The Atlantic Slave Trade

2. What happened to the natives that were used as slaves?

3. Europeans turned to Africa for labor Had already been exposed to various European diseases Had experience farming Had little knowledge of land/ people in the Americas So what?????

4. Spain & Portugal led the way in the Atlantic Slave Trade- why? Spain & Portugal focused their slave trade in the Caribbean & South America England spread the slave trade to North America

5. Slavery had existed, on a small scale, in Africa for years Roman empire; The introduction of Islam increased slavery; debt slavery

6. Many African rulers sold Africans to Europeans into slavery why?

7. An Example of the Triangular Trade Manufactured goods to Africa from Europe for _______ Slaves to Americas in exchange for ________________ ______________to Europe from Americas for manufactured goods Raw materials Slaves

9. Unbearable conditions on the Middle Passage What were the conditions like? (Read) & clip Up to 20% of the Africans died aboard the ships during trip- why?

12. Life on the interior of slave ship.

14. Slavery in America;250 years Auctioned off to the highest bidder; forced to begin a lifetime of hard labor Resistance& Rebellion- how? Chattel Slavery- what?

15. Consequences of Atlantic Slave Trade- see p 570 3-4 in Africa 3-4 in Americas