The Atlantic Slave Trade Power-Point Presentation
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 The Atlantic Slave Trade
Power-Point Presentation 1. State two other names that the Atlantic Trade was referred to as. __________________________ _________________________ 2. Triangular Trade: Trade routes between ___________, _______________, and the _______________ during the Atlantic Slave Trade. 3. Portgual: A. 1424-1434: Prince _______________________ paid for voyages along the West Coast of Africa in search of fishing banks. B. 1441, ____________________ captured 10 Africans near Cape Bojador. C. In 1481, Portugal built the 1st European fort called ___________________________. 4. Spain: They needed slaves to work on their ____________________ America & in the Caribbean. In the 16th century, ______________ issued the 1st _______________, a license to import slaves into Spanish Colonies. This gave Spain a _______________ on the slave trade. 5. England: A. In 1662, _____________________________ took 3 ships to Sierra Leone & captured 300 slaves. B. Hawkins later convinced Queen _____________________I to participate in the slave trade. C. They began to bring slaves to the Caribbean. They formed the_____________________________________. This allowed English colonies in America to easily buy slaves from English traders. D. At the beginning only a few slaves came to English colonies. But when the big _________________, ________________________ and ____________ plantations grew in the colonies in the south the slave trade increased. At the conclusion of the War of Spanish Succession, the Treaty of __________________ gave to Great Britain a thirty-year asiento, or contract, to supply an unlimited number of slaves to the Spanish colonies, and 500 tons of goods per year. This gave England the _______________________on the slave trade. Stage One: A. Ships left Europe loaded with goods, such as ______________________________________________________________. B. Slaves were obtained by: ______________________________ ____________________________ ______________________________ _____________________________ ______________________________ _____________________________ What is another name for the slave-stick? _________________ Why were African chiefs unsuccessful in resisting? Stage Two: What was stage two called? _______________________________ Cargo = ___________________ Length it took? ____________________ Some Africans tried to jump ship, refused to eat and rebelled. Loss of a slave’s life was a loss of ____________ for the sailors. E. _____________________ meant that the captains would take on board fewer slaves in hope to reduce sickness and death. F. ______________________ meant that the captains would carry as many slaves as their ship could hold, as they believed that many blacks would die on the voyage anyway Stage Three: Africans would be sold at _______________ in the Americas. The ships’ captains would use the $ from their sale to buy a 3rd cargo of raw materials: __________________________________. They sold this for a further large ________________ in Europe. In Europe, they would convert the raw materials into _____________________________. Auctions: _________________________: - They put tar on the slaves to hide any sores and cuts - Slaves were inspected - An auction to took place and the higher bidder would get to purchase the slave. - Bids were taken as long as an inch of a candle burned. - Slaves were branded - Families were separated - They were given a ___________________ name. B. ___________________________: Similar to public auctions They were indoors and red markers would be placed on the door to indicate an auction. C.______________________________: They would take place on the docks or on the deck of the ship There would be a fixed price per head Slave owners would go in and grab who they wanted to purchase. Slavery Abolished in the British Empire: ________ = The slave trade was abolished in the British Empire, which meant that no slaves would be carried from Africa in British ships. 1834 = ____________________ Act stated that slaves under 6 years old were freed; field hands over 6 had to work for their owners for 6 more years; house slaves had to work for 10 more years. Britain gave ________ million pounds in compensation to former slave owners and slaves received nothing. 1838 all slaves were given complete ______________________ Slavery in the USA was not abolished until ________________. Draw a Diagram of the Triangular Trade: Include: The 3 continents & the cargo that was transported between the 3 areas. Download 45.39 Kb. Share with your friends:
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