1. The Atlantic Slave Trade
Mr.C’s 7th grade social studies

3. Main Idea-Cruel interaction
To meet the growing labor needs , Europeans enslaved millions of Africans and forced them to go the Americas.

4. Why it matters now
Descendants of enslaved Africans represent a significant part of the population of the Americas today.

5. terms and names
Atlantic Salve Trade
Triangular Trade
Middle Passage

6. Setting the Stage
Millions of native South Americans died form diseases, warfare and brutal treatment brought on by the Europeans.
The sugar plantations and tobacco farms required many workers.

7. Setting the Stage
Europeans in the Americas, particularly Brazil, Caribbean, and the Southern Colonies of North American turned to Africa to meet this demand.

10. Causes of Slavery
Slavery in Africa: slavery had existed for hundreds of years.
Demand: After Native South Americans began dying the demand increased dramatically.

11. Slavery Spread accross the Americas
Spain and portugal led the way. (300,000)
Demand grew as England began colonizing. (1.4 million)

12. England Dominates Slave Trade
As England’s presence in North America grew, the number of enslaved people grew tremendously.
By 1840 it reached nearly 2 million in the British colonies

13. History in Depth
Read the “History in Depth” on slavery to learn about the beginnings of slavery.

14. A forced journey
Triangular trade-after they were taken as prisoners enlaved people were taken to the Americas

15. Triangular Trade Europeans took manufactured goods to Africa.
There africans traded the goods for slaves
Africans were taken to the caribbean and sold

16. Triangular Trade continued...
Next: Merchants brought goods from the Americas back to Europe.
This formed a triangular route.

17. Triangular Trade System

18. People were forced into tiny spaces to make the journey
Middle Passage
People were forced into tiny spaces to make the journey

19. Middle Passage
During this leg of the journey from africa to the americas is called the Middle Passage
Many died or were killed if food was low.

20. Middle Passage-of triangular trade