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Rise of the Slave Trade

Rise of the Slave Trade. I. Early Slavery in Africa 1. Who? a. Criminals b. People in debt c. Prisoners of War 2. From Where? a. Muslim N. Africa b. Sold to: -Arabs, Berbers, Spanish, Portuguese

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Rise of the Slave Trade

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  1. Rise of the Slave Trade I. Early Slavery in Africa 1. Who? a. Criminals b. People in debt c. Prisoners of War 2. From Where? a. Muslim N. Africa b. Sold to: -Arabs, Berbers, Spanish, Portuguese 3. Treatment of “early” slaves a. Able to buy freedom b. Often adopted as family

  2. II. Europeans and the Slave Trade 1. Who? a. Spanish b. Portuguese c. British d. French e. Dutch 2. Why? a. Free labor in the “New World” -North and South America -Caribbean Islands

  3. By 1800AD there were over 10 million African slaves 3. How? a. Cooperation of African Kings -Capture and sell Tribal Africans for profit b. European slave-trader force -better weapons than Africans

  4. III. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade 1. From West Africa to the “New World”

  5. IV. Slave Ships 1. Captives to the “Bottomless Pit” 2. Crowded onto ships a. up to 50% die on the journey 3. Sold as property in the Americas

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