PPT-The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Forced Migration of Millions 1575 1888 The Demand Labor in the New World Conquistadors work and disease Up to 85 of the total native American population is killed 1 Cause disease following disease execution amp overwork caused massive numbers of deaths. 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… . 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?. 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?. Conditions of Trade & Slaves. You will be assigned a “specific” leg of the Triangular Trade. Read about your assigned leg of the Triangular Trade taking note on items traded, and write a brief explanation of how the people/country benefitted from those items.. Margin Review Questions. What drove European involvement in the world of Asian commerce?. Desire . for tropical spices, Chinese silk, Indian cottons, rhubarb, emeralds, rubies, and . sapphires. Recovery . 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?. Bell Ringer. Write a short story in the . first. person about being captured by aliens. Be sure to include a description of the aliens and your reaction to being abducted.. After today…. Students should understand why millions of African slaves were sent to the Americas.. 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. AP World History Notes: Chapter 15. The Atlantic Slave Trade. 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. Source: Mastering the TEKs in World History. Jarrett, Zimmer, Killoran. . They couldn’t just find directions on Google Maps…. The goods introduced to Europe during the crusades and the writings of Marco Polo had increased European interest in trade with Asia. . A U.S. Perspective. Prepared by the Trans-Atlantic Business Council. Trade volume/day. $2.7 billion. The U.S.-EU . Economic . Relationship: Key Facts. 3.8 million EU foreign affiliate jobs in the U.S.. Source: . Mastering the TEKs in World History. . Jarrett, Zimmer, . Killoran. , 2012. They couldn’t just find directions on Google Maps…. The goods introduced to Europe during the Crusades and the writings of Marco Polo had increased European interest in trade with Asia. .