History of Africa before Europeans Unit 1 – Africa Lesson 5 – African History (79-84) Your Name ______________________________ Period ______________ (TWO DAYS)
Old African Kingdoms
West Africa Gold – Salt Trade Rulers used mines and trade to force unify – Ghana ( ) – Mali (incl. Mansa Musa) ( ) – Songhai ( )
Eastern Africa Trading cities City-states Includes Mombasa Traded with – China – India – Middle East
Southern Africa Gold mines Zimbabwe “great stone house” Traded with China
The wealth of Ghana Where did the wealth come from? (p. 80)
Mansa Musa of Mali What made this guy so exceptional? (p. 80)
European Slave Trade, and European Invasion
What is Freedom? What does it look like? How do you know if you have it? Why is it wrong to NOT have it?
What is Slavery? What does it look like? What does it feel like? Why is it wrong?
Portuguese Arrival to Africa 1400s – Europeans were looking for a passage to Asia by sea Africa was in the way Portugal founded colonies Purpose: fueling depots Grew into trading posts
Portuguese Colonial Empire
Slave Trade Slavery was not new to Africa Africans often captured other Africans after battle Portuguese introduced a new use for captured Africans: ship Africans to work the American plantations click
Map work Using the next two maps, answer the following question: 1.From what region of Africa most slaves come?
Map work Using the next map, answer the following question: 2. To what two regions of the Americas did most Africans end up?
Map work Using the next map, answer the following question: 3. What years had the most movement of Africans to the Americas?
Pie Graph work Using the next graph, answer the following question: 4. Which 3 nations captured and transported the most slaves to the Americas?
EUROPEAN INVADERS
END DAY #1
How did Africans get to the Americas? 1.Captured 2.Transported to coast 3.Transferred to ship 4.THE MIDDLE PASSAGE 5.Sold at an auction 6m
THE CAPTURE Africans were captured, brought to coastal towns Marched in chains and ropes for thousands of miles; sometimes iron bands on neck Held in small pens for departure
THE MIDDLE PASSAGE Definition: the transfer to the Americas from Africa on slave ships Hundreds were packed into ships as cargo Journey was 3 weeks to 3 months Disease rampant; mistreatment horrible Floating coffins – sometimes half would die on voyage Suicide, mutinies, death 9m
The IMPACT OF SLAVE TRADE Obviously, the lives of slaves were destroyed Freedom gone Stripped of humanity But, what’s left in Africa? CHAOS CORRUPT, IMMORAL AND GREEDY LEADERS CONTINUES FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS 8m (show to 3m)
Book Work Look at the graphs on p What was the 110 year time span when the greatest number of Africans were forced into slavery?
Book Work 6. Look at the last paragraph on p. 94 and the next on p. 95. What is meant by ABOLITION? 7. When did Britain end the slave trade?
IMPACT OF SLAVE TRADE Read p. 95, paragraphs 3-4 (starting “in some parts…) to show the impact dealing with: 8.Wars and tensions: 9.Economic life: 10.The harvest: Then read the paragraph on p. 96 on the bottom right. 11. How did Liberia and Sierra Leone form?
Your Opinion 9. Would you have the guts to be an abolitionist? Imagine you are a senator from South Carolina. What pressures would you have to NOT ever end slavery?
EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM Look at p. 95, paragraph #2 10. Why did the Slave Trade become less popular as Europeans industrialized in the 1800s?