 | The Discovery of the Americas and the Transatlantic Slave Trade They also developed new technologies to grow, manufacture, and transport sugar great distances. But perhaps the most difficult problem these businessmen faced was securing the labor to sustain the vast economic enterprise they were 35.99 Kb.  1 | read |
 | Ira Berlin, “African Immigration to Colonial America,” History Now 3 (Spring 2005) 18.89 Kb. 1 | read |
| The Atlantic Slave Trade Notes All of the information from these notes can be found on the “Sway” posted to the class website 104.63 Kb. 1 | read |
| Section 1: The Triangular Trade Reasons for the Atlantic Slave Trade The demand for sugar was increasing in Britain as it became more affordable for the majority of the population, and was used to sweeten and preserve foods 95.09 Kb. 1 | read |
| The Triangular Slave Trade Africans, on the other hand, were excellent workers: They often had experience of agriculture and keeping cattle, they were used to a tropical climate, resistant to tropical diseases 24.79 Kb. 1 | read |
| Background Information Summary The Triangular Slave Trade Up to 20% of those chained in the holds of the slave ships died before they even reached their destination. Between 1450 and 1850 at least 12 million Africans were taken across the notorious Middle Passage of the Atlantic mainly to colonies in 108.12 Kb. 1 | read |
| E. Napp Objective: To identify and explain the causes and effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Objective: To identify and explain the causes and effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade 96.8 Kb. 1 | read |
| Rethinking transnationalism: African intellectuals and the politics of the African Diaspora 123.24 Kb. 2 | read |
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