Atlantic Slave Trade

Evolution of Slavery Enslavement of humans is an ancient institution - Sumerians - Greeks - Romans Minor institution in Africa

Growth of Islam increases Slavery Belief non-Muslims could be used as slaves Slaves held some rights - op. for social mobility - serve military - could escape bondage - not hereditary 650-1600: 4.8 million slaves sold to SW Asia

Europeans change Slavery Europeans need cheap labor to work mines and plantations of new American colonies Initially used Native Americans - Many die due to disease - Many escape and return home.

Early European Slavery Spain brings first slaves to Americas in 1511 to work in copper mines. Portuguese use slaves extensively in sugar plantations in Brazil Conditions so bad that women slaves could not bare children: malnutrition and beatings.

Atlantic Slave Trade 1500-1600: 300,000 Slaves transported 1600-1700: 1.5 Million slaves transported By 1870: 9.5 Million transported.

Slavery Spreads to North America Dutch, French, British demand labor to work on coffee, sugar, and tobacco plantations. British dominate slave trade Transport 1.7 million to West Indies Transport 400,000 to American Colonies

Triangle Trade Series of transatlantic routes. Slaves – Raw Materials – Finished goods.

Middle Passage Long voyage that brought African slaves to North and South America. Slaves forced into dark holds of a slave ship.

Middle Passage, Continued Slaves barely able to move Slept and laid in vomit and human waste Difficult to breath Beatings Many deaths (Body pos on slave ship Aurora, 1784)

Origins of Slavery in America – History.com http://www.history.com/videos/origins-of-slavery#origins-of-slavery

Nat Turner and Slave Rebellion http://www.history.com/videos/origins-of-slavery#nat-turners-rebellion