Atlantic Slave Trade

Between the 1500s and the 1800s, millions of Africans were captured, shipped across the Atlantic, and sold as slaves in the Americas. Planters were need for sugar,tobacco pla

farmers, merchants, priests, soldiers; fathers and mothers, sons and daughters

when the natives started to die out they needed more people to work their land and for them so they brought in slaves

-slave raiders captured the strongest young-future leaders -divided Africans one from another -decline of some African states-disappearing people -New African states arose whose way of life depended on the slave trade-rulers waged war in order to gain control of slave trade

-forced labor among slaves to enrich other parts of the world -labor of A. slaves built eeconomies for many American colonies -their info. of argriculture contributed to growth of rice industry in English colonies

-Africans spread throughout Americas-African Diapore -everntually led to spread of culture-art, music, religion-throughout Western World

-planters first used them-European diseaes killed millions -1600s-indentured servents -it was expensive to support workers

rulers and traders to seize captives in the interior and bring them to the coastal posts of fortresses

A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa. not all slaves from Americas sailed this route

the route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S. that carried the slave trade

-captive americans chained together, forced into dark, cramped quarters below ship's decks -could not sit or stand-journey lasted 3-6 weeks,10-20% died, scarce food