1. Rise of the Slave Trade I. Early Slavery in Africa 1. Who? 1. Who? a. Criminals a. Criminals b. People in debt b. People in debt c. Prisoners of War c. Prisoners of War 2. From Where? 2. From Where? a. Muslim N. Africa a. Muslim N. Africa b. Sold to: b. Sold to: -Arabs, Berbers, -Arabs, Berbers, Spanish, Portuguese Spanish, Portuguese 3. Treatment of “early” slaves 3. Treatment of “early” slaves a. Able to buy freedom a. Able to buy freedom b. Often adopted as family b. Often adopted as family

2. II. Europeans and the Slave Trade 1. Who? a. Spanish a. Spanish b. Portuguese b. Portuguese c. British c. British d. French d. French e. Dutch e. Dutch 2. Why? a. Free labor in the a. Free labor in the “New World” “New World” -North and South America -North and South America -Caribbean Islands -Caribbean Islands

3. By 1800 AD there were over 10 million African slaves 3. How? a. Cooperation of a. Cooperation of African Kings African Kings -Capture and sell -Capture and sell Tribal Africans for profit Tribal Africans for profit b. European slave-trader force b. European slave-trader force -better weapons than Africans -better weapons than Africans

4. III. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade 1. From West Africa to the “New World”

5. IV. Slave Ships 1. Captives to the “Bottomless Pit” 2. Crowded onto ships a. up to 50% die a. up to 50% die on the journey on the journey 3. Sold as property in the Americas in the Americas