The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade
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The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade
1441-1808
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Slavery• Existed since the dawn of time• Traced back to Ancient Rome and
China• 12th Century Muslim traders take
back Africans• Traders became motivated by profit
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Portugal• Portugal comes in contact with
Africans
• 1441 Antam Goncalves kidnaps 10 Africans
• This is the start of the slave trade
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Triangle Trade• European Goods to Africa
• African Slaves to America ‘Middle Passage’
• America sent sugar, molasses, cotton to Europe
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Map
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Impact of the Slave Trade
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Social Upheaval –
Largest and longest forced migration of people in history
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Violence –
*wars fought to capture prisoners to be sold into slavery
*raids from ships to capture slaves
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Social Collapse –
The loss of millions of people caused the established social structure to change. This weakening makes these cultures easy prey for later European conquest
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Prejudice –
The need to justify slavery leads to the instilling of a sense of inferiority on Africans
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Political Adjustment –
Established political structures, villages and kingdom fell as new powers emerged due to wealth fro the slave trade
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Human Toll• Historians still debating
• 11 million Africans made it into slavery in the Americas
• 2 million died in the Middle Passage
• Up to 100 million died overall most in Africa