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How did the slave trade work?

How did the slave trade work?. By the end of the next two lessons you will be able to…. Explain what the slave trade was and how it operated . Explain who benefitted from the slave trade. In pairs read through the sources you will be given. Highlight the following in different colours.

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How did the slave trade work?

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  1. How did the slave trade work?

  2. By the end of the next two lessons you will be able to… • Explain what the slave trade was and how it operated. • Explain who benefitted from the slave trade.

  3. In pairs read through the sources you will be given. Highlight the following in different colours....

  4. What is being purchased • What is being sold • Anything that is done to the slaves

  5. How did the slave trade work? All of these are from the same document – The Journal of a British Slaving ship commanded by Peter Blake, working between the Coast of Africa from May to August 1675 I made my way ? log with leeway allowed W 43 ? Distance 59 Myles ye Sun neare ye Zenith so that I could have no observation wind this 24 hours from ye S. to ye ESE & from ye NNW to ye ENE with much thunder & lightning & raine this day I put all my slaves out of Irons from noon ye 16th to noon ye (today) this day have had severallcannoes aboard to whom I sold severall goods for gold & slaves this 24 hours & I have had ye winde from the WNW to ye WSW littellwinde This morning I heiled my ship to porte & made my starboard bulge as loe as I could work & then righted her againe this day I had severallCannoes aboard of which I tooke but littell gold & bought 3 slaves this 24 houres I have had ye wind (Various directions) a moderate brease

  6. You will be given the Day Book of the ship ‘Africa’. Read through the information and answer the questions.

  7. Homework • Research then draw and label a map of the Transatlantic Trade Triangle.

  8. Unimportant How important were Africans to the slave trade? Crucial

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