The transmission african slavery 2011
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Transcript of The transmission african slavery 2011
Malawi’s home village
Asante Warrior going to capture slaves for sale on the West African
coast.
Coffle to the Coast #4
#6 Inspection before Sale: 3 muskets, or 100 lbs of gunpowder, or 600 feet of cloth, or steel tools,
#9 Slave pen to the left – 100 people were
crammed in here
Elmina Castle or English Slave Factory in Ghana
Europeans stayed on the coast and bought slaves from Africans – Resistance and disease
The Point of No Return:Leaving the
Slave Castle/Factory for the Middle
Passage
Designed to carry 450 slaves, it often carried
over 600.Between 10-33%
of slaves died crossing the
Atlantic in the MIDDLE PASSAGE
Over 250 recorded slave ship rebellions