PPT-Introduction to The Slave Trade and The Middle Passage

httpwwwgilderlehrmanorghistorybyeraslaveryandantislaveryresourcesfactsaboutslavetradeandslavery wwwpbsorg What was the slave trade Approximately 11863000 Africans were shipped across the Atlantic with a death rate during the Middle Passage reducing this number by 1020 percent. 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. . 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. The . experiences . of . slaves/sailors. . on board . the slave ships.. 100ft . in length . 20ft at its widest part . carried 609 slaves. Slave Ship. Cruise Ship. 893ft . long. 125ft . wide. c. an . 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?. (Continued). 03/10/13. Islamic Slave Trade? A misnomer?. If transatlantic trade has not been called “Christian slave trade”, then it would be more appropriate to use . Arab/. P. ersian slave trade . 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?. 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. 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. Slave Trade. The idea of making someone less wealthy or less fortunate a bound servant is not new, but the degree to which the institution of slavery chained Africans was incomparable in world history. 1 YEAR 8 HISTORY HOME WORK BOOKLET 2 Homework 1 Source A Slavery and the Slave Trade (2010): Work on slave plantations varied according to the crops grown. For sugar cane, the strongest gangs cut Slave Ship Conditions. Today we will learn about the conditions which slaves faced in the journey from Africa to the New World. . We will get an understanding of the horrors of the Middle-Passage from the perspective of those who suffered its worst extremes. . Give . two examples . of the treatment of slaves in slave factories on the African coast.. (try to explain . why. this was done too.). We are learning to…. Describe . the conditions of the Middle Passage.