1. The Atlantic Slave Trade
Origins of Slavery
Slavery in the Colonies
Effects of Slavery

2. Symbol of the Tragedy of Slavery
The Door of No Return on Goree Island
Symbol of the tragedy of slavery
Of the coast of Senegal stands the House of Slaves

3. House of Slaves

4. Origins of the Slave Trade
Shortage of labor in the Americas
Needed large numbers of workers for plantations, estates where crops such as sugar and tobacco were grown

5. Sources of Labor Native Americans-died because of European diseases
Indentured Servants-worked for a period of time in exchange for passage to the America’s (TOO EXPENSIVE)
SOLUTION=AFRICAN SLAVES

6. African Slaves
Millions of Africans taken to the Americas from 1600s until the 1800s
Came from the Coast of West Africa (between Senegal and Angola)

7. Atlantic Slave Trade

8. Triangular Trade
1. First leg consisted of ships carrying products from Europe to Africa in exchange for slaves
2. Second Leg=Middle Passage=Africans brought to America and sold as slaves
3. Third leg consisted of America products such as sugar, tobacco, and rice being sent to Europe

9. Middle Passage
Africans were chained together and packed on dark ships

10. Olaudah Equiano quote page 489

11. Middle Passage

12. Middle Passage

13. Life on the ships Life was rough on the slave ships
Trip lasted 3 to 6 weeks
10-20% of slaves died
Some slaves tried to starve themselves to death, refusing to eat either of their two meals
Some slaves committed suicide by strangling themselves or jumping off slave ships

16. Where were slaves auctioned?
Spanish traders took slaves to the Caribbean sugar plantations
Portuguese sent their slaves to Brazil
English slave ships mainly went to the West Indies and to North America
By the end of the 1600s, England dominated the slave trade

17. West Indies

18. Slave Conditions Most slaves worked on plantations
Some worked in mines, towns, and in the countryside
Skilled slaves continued their skill work such as carpentry or metal work
Female slaves sometimes given domestic duties like servant or cook

19. What happened to slaves who committed minor offenses?

20. Punishing slaves

21. Slave Rebellions
Slaves were considered property therefore they had no rights
Enslaved people would rebel in different ways
Cultural traditions
Religion
Slow work
Destroying Equipment
Attacking slaveholders

22. Human Cost
Problems in Africa
Countless people died and many others deprived of their freedom
Many of the strong, young leaders were captured and sold into slavery
African tribes began to fight with each other to gain captives for trade

23. Economy of the Americas
African Diaspora
Expanded because of free slave labor
African music, art, religion and food introduced to the Western world