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and European traditions Most evident on big plantations Transmitted from one generation to the next through the slave family By the 19 th century slaves had created a distinct . Credit given to: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston . Publishing for portions of this presentation. Below decks on an illegal slave ship seized by a British antislavery patrol in 1846.. Reading Focus. Where did the Atlantic slave trade originate?. 1500-1850. The Atlantic slave trade involved the largest intercontinental migration of people in world history prior to the 20th century. Ask yourself:. What is slavery? Why did/does it happen? . When it all started… . Slave Trade. In your notebook create a chart and complete only the side that says: “What I know about Slavery in America”. What I know about slavery. What I have learned about slavery. Slavery . predates written records and has existed in many . Credit given to: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston . Publishing for portions of this presentation. Reading Focus. Where did the Atlantic slave trade originate?. How did slavery evolve in the American colonies?. Barbara Anderson. African Studies Center, UNC-Chapel Hill. November 2013. b_anderson@unc.edu. . . http://africa.unc.edu/. . How did the trans-Atlantic slave trade begin?. Why did Europeans choose Africans?. Engelbert 2015. To think about…. Last class we examined multimedia sources about how slavery became the norm in America. It was illegal for slaves to learn to read and write, so they turned. . to. The Spanish and Portuguese had enslaved Africans to work in the sugar plantations on the islands off the coast of Africa. . As the rich lands of the Americas fell into their hands they extended the practice westward by transporting slaves across the Atlantic.. Credit given to: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston . Publishing for portions of this presentation. Reading Focus. Where did the Atlantic slave trade originate?. How did slavery evolve in the American colonies?. The Beginning. Factories:. Established trading forts allowing trade from the interior. Much is established with the consent of the African people.. El Mina. Missionary efforts. Europeans saw the Africans as pagan savages (just like the saw everyone else). Forced removal of Africans. African culture became one of the important strands in the development of American civilizations.. Islam consolidated its position in sub-Saharan and east Africa. Most of Africa remain independent states. Pre-Existing Slave Trade. Trans-Saharan trade routes (Red Sea and East African) had been trading slaves for centuries throughout the Middle East and Northern Africa. Mostly women: traded as concubines for harems; domestic servants. Lasted from about 1500 to 1866. About 12.5 million Africans taken from their societies. About 10.7 million made it to the Americas. About 1.8 million (14.4%) died during the transatlantic crossing. Millions more died in the process of capture and transport to the African coast . LO – TSWBAT explain the reasons for the development of the transatlantic slave trade and the spread of slavery in North America. . DOL - Given a population graph for the Chesapeake, TLW write a paragraph explaining two reasons for the development of the transatlantic slave trade and one reason for the growth of slavery in the late 17. Lesson 5. History of African Slavery. Slavery has existed since antiquity. It became common in Africa after the Bantu migrations spread agriculture to all parts of the continent. History of African Slavery.