Unraveling the African Slave Trade: Impacts & Evolution

1. Bell Ringer Correct each of the following statements: • The Dutch controlled the Mississippi Valley in the late 1600’s. • The English had better relations with the Native Americans. • The first English settlement in Jamestown was successful because they found gold in Virginia. • Manhattan (in NYC) was founded by the English. • The Seven Years War was fought between the Indians and the French. • Colonists in North America relied on settlers to work on tobacco and sugar plantations. • Warfare had the greatest negative impact on the Native American population.

2. Slavery in the Americas

3. Today in class… We will… Explain the evolution of the African Slave Trade. You will be able to … Social Studies Language • Define: Encomienda , Triangle Trade, Middle Passage • Analyze primary and secondary sources to understand the significance of the African Slave Trade on Africa and the Americas. • Draw the Triangle Trade and identify items traded on each leg. • Identify the impacts of the Slave Trade in Africa and the Americas NEXT TIME/SOON: Unit 3 Test 10/30 (A) & 31(B) Last day for retakes Friday 11/1

4. Today in class… We will… Explain the evolution of the African Slave Trade. You will be able to … Social Studies Language • Define: Encomienda , Triangle Trade, Middle Passage • Correct sentences with inaccurate factual information. • Draw the Triangle Trade and identify items traded on each leg. • Identify the impacts of the Slave Trade in Africa and the Americas NEXT TIME/SOON: Unit 3 Test 10/30 (A) & 31(B) Last day for retakes Friday 11/1

5. The Triangle Trade Trade route with three legs.

6. Leg 1 • Guns, cloth, iron, and rum are taken to Africa.

7. Leg 2 – The Middle Passage Africans’ voyage across the Atlantic to the New World to be used as slaves in the plantation system.

8. Leg 3 Raw Materials are taken to Europe to be made into goods.

9. Triangular Trade linked the Old World and New World: • Europe • Africa • Americas

10. On Your Map: • Label the continents. • Draw the 3 legs of the Triangle Trade. • Label the Middle Passage. • Label what was traded on each leg.

11. Triangle Trade • Trade pattern between Africa, the Americas, and Europe in which slaves and other goods were carried across the Atlantic Ocean

12. Middle Passage • Middle leg of the Triangle Trade where slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas

13. Encomienda • Large amount of land given by the Spanish king and queen to a settler in the Americas that allowed Native Americans to be used as slaves

15. The Middle Passage

16. Coffin Position Below Deck

17. HowStuffWorks Videos "Assignment Discovery: Triangular Trade and Slave Ships“ • HowStuffWorks Videos "Assignment Discovery: About Slavery in America“ • Middle Passage (from Amistad) - YouTube

18. The Evolution of African Slavery • Some Native Americans died from fighting the Europeans but the majoritydied of diseases. • African slaves were better at fighting off diseases. • Old world • Immunities that built up over time • As colonies expanded, the demand for slaves grew. • Cash Crops = need for lots of labor • Plantation system used to grow cash crops

19. Slavery in the Americas • African slaves were auctioned off to the highest bidder. • Slaves worked in mines or fields or as servants. • Lifetime of bondage that was carried on for generations. • Slaves kept African traditions alive – music & stories • Resistance and rebellion

20. Impacts in Africa • African cultures lost their fittest, best people. • African families were separated. • Guns were introduced.

21. Impacts in the Americas • Led to growth of the colonies • Economic • Cultural • Intermarriage and mixed race populations