PPT-CHAPTER 19 AFRICA AND THE SLAVE TRADE

Many kingdoms Diff cultures 100 mil SLAVERY Sources Status trade Demand Race Slave trade 14501850 12 mil Brazil 42 MAP 43 Triangular Trade Across the Atlantic . 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… . Chapter 25. Overview: African Politics and Society. Review: Bantus – migrations, stateless societies -> chiefdoms and regional kingdoms -> Trans-Saharan trade -> large kingdoms, empires, and city-states. 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 . Department of History & Philosophy. Kennesaw State University. Opening remarks. I. Myth and Reality. Africa: A continent. Africa is a continent. the . second largest continent in the world. How many countries?. 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. Section 1. First European Contacts. Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal sowed the seeds of tremendous change for Africa in the early to . mid-1400s. H. e . and his men cautiously explored farther and farther south along Africa’s west coast. 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 & overwork caused massive numbers of deaths. 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. Conceptual Frameworks. Historical Background. The Slave Trade’s Diversity. A Case Study of the Slave Trade. Africa in the Era of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Conceptual Frameworks. Historical Background. Africa in the Early . Colonial Period. Songhai. Political . Portuguese dominated first, till about 1630.. Dutch take El Mina in 1630, taking over the Indian Sea trade network from the Portuguese.. English take over the slave trade in 1660’s.. c. 2 million BCE . To 15,000 BCE. Unit 1 . –. 8000 BCE to 600 BCE . –. Out of Africa . Humans Spread . Across Globe. Hominids. Arose in Africa 1-2 million years ago. Migrated throughout Eurasia. c. 2 million BCE . To 15,000 BCE. Unit 1 . –. 8000 BCE to 600 BCE . –. Out of Africa . Humans Spread . Across Globe. Hominids. Arose in Africa 1-2 million years ago. Migrated throughout Eurasia. 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.