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Slavery: from the beginning

Slavery: from the beginning. Existed in most societies prisoners of war criminals debtors Not hereditary Not for a lifetime often married & became part o/t community. The Slave Trade. Atlantic Slave Trade African Slave Trade “commerce” (trade) in human beings. CHATTEL.

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Slavery: from the beginning

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  1. Slavery: from the beginning • Existed in most societies • prisoners of war • criminals • debtors • Not hereditary • Not for a lifetime • often married & became part o/t community

  2. The Slave Trade • Atlantic Slave Trade • African Slave Trade • “commerce” (trade) in human beings. • CHATTEL

  3. Prince Henry of Portugal • Why did Prince Henry have the West coast of Africa explored in the late 1400s? • 1. • 2.

  4. What led to the demand of slaves in the New World? “Commerce in Human Beings”

  5. The HEIGHT of the Slave Trade • 1700s: @60,000 Africans were enslaved a year • huge PROFITS $$$$ • RACISM took root • slaves traded for guns • the “Middle Passage”

  6. The Middle Passage

  7. 1700s: the Abolitionist Movement The Quaker’s were leading Abolitionists Olaudah Equiano and Frederick Douglass were both freed slaves who were instrumental in exposing the evils of the slave trade 1807: British outlaw the Slave Trade 1834: British outlaw Slavery itself 1865: American Civil War ended slavery in the USA Ending the Slave Trade

  8. Olaudah Equiano Frederick Douglass Ending the Slave Trade

  9. African Diaspora: 10-15 million Africans were enslaved. 20-30 million Africans were killed. Why? Whole villages were wiped out: mass starvation murdered or enslaved genocide Exchanging slaves for guns allowed for the rise of some powerful African states Effects of the Slave Trade

  10. Back to Africa Movement • 1787: SIERRA LEONE was founded by former slaves from England • 1847: LIBERIA was founded by former slave from the USA

  11. Slave Castles “The door of no return”

  12. Names of Slave Ships • Amistad: “friendship” • Angel • Grace of God • Freedom • Liberty SCHOONER

  13. What percentage of slaves were brought to the USA? Where were the majority of slaves taken to? Why were so many slaves brought to the Caribbean? Btwn what years was the Slave Trade at its height? Why such a drop after this period? Using the graphs on pg. 96, answer the following:

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