Africa and Africans in the Age of the Atlantic Slave Trade



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Africa and Africans in the Age of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Chapter 20

Part I: The Atlantic Slave Trade

The Portuguese in Africa



  • Established _________________________

  • ________________- gold trade- most important

  • Not powerful enough to _______________________ on Africans

  • Most forts were established only after _____________________ of local leaders

  • Portuguese traded for: __________________________________________________

  • _____________= basis for contact between Africans and Portuguese

  • _____________________________ went to Benin, Kongo, and other places

  • Kongo= King _____________________________ converts his entire kingdom

  • _____________________ of his subjects  ________________ on Portuguese

How they saw each other

  • Africans viewed Portuguese as _____________ but _____________________ them into their world

  • _____________ saw Africans as savages who could be ________________________

European Colonies in Africa

  • Colonies ______________, but with lots of _________________ work

  • By ________________, Dutch, French, English and others begin to get involved

  • By 1600, ________________________________________ all commerce

Statistics

  • Between 1450 and 1750, ___________________ Africans transported across Atlantic

  • 10-20% ______________________________

  • 10-11 _______________ survived passage

  • Rate of transport _____________________________ over time

  • ____________transported between ___________ and ___________

  • High volume necessary due to _____________________ and ___________________

  • Rates of trade reflect changing __________________________________ situation in the New World

  • Slave trade with __________________________ continues

  • ___________________________ transported between 1450 and 1750

  • Wars increase in Africa as both ____________________________ of slave trade

Demographics

  • Trade with ___________________ tended to focus on _________________________

  • ____________________ slave trade tended to focus on _________________

  • African population _____________________ of what it would have been without slave trade by 1750

Organization

  • _________________controlled up until 1630

  • ____________ seized control of ________________ in 1637, became major competitors

  • 1660 English charter ________________________ to engage in slave trade

  • ________________________, _________________ becomes a major trader

  • Both ___________________________ involved in slave trade

  • Not any more __________________ than any other trade of its time

  • Part of _______________________

  • Drew African economy into ______________________

  • Resulted in African economies becoming _________________________ with Europe





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