PPT-The Atlantic Slave Trade

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. 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?. . Known, collectively, as . Bulls of Donation. This bull is credited . by many historians with “ushering in the West African slave trade”. Some . historians view . the 3 bulls . together as extending the theological legacy of Pope Urban II’s Crusades to justify European colonization and expansionism. 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?. 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 . L/O – . To discover who benefited from the slave trade and to identify the arguments used to defend it. Starter. – . Which groups of people profited from the Slave Trade? Think about what was brought and sold. 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?. 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. 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. , 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. . Learning objective . – to . understand how the slave trade worked and its key components.. I can . describe. the key . features of th. e slave trade. .. Level 4. I can . e. xplain . the key . features of the slave trade and how they worked.. 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.